Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ku- its (possessive); kind of ...; some ... or other, used with certain locations

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3940 | revised Aug 12 2014

ku- • PREF • its (possessive); kind of ...; some ... or other, used with certain locations

Note: Short for kuma-; used only with certain locations, e.g. kumâam 'uphill from there'.

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (13)


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  1. chôora kumâam!
    Let's go uphill!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  2. kumâam núvyiiship.
    Let's go uphill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  3. ipít kumâam núvyiishipriv.
    Yesterday we went up the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  4. kumâam tá ni'árihishrih.
    I made it to the top of the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  5. kusâam panunu'úhthaam.
    Our garden is down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  6. xás pamu'afupchúrax vaa kumûuk upsívshap.
    And he sealed up his anus with that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. xás víri kúna kumâam kunihmárafak pakah'árahsas.
    And the upriver people were running down from uphill just upslope from them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  8. uxútih, " kumâam úkrii, pakúusrah."
    He thought, "The sun is just uphill from here."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text

  9. víri kúna kukâam tóo kvíripvarak.
    (Bear) in turn was running down from close upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  10. víri panipvárupravahaak, vaa ik kumûuk neethxúpeesh pa'árus."
    When I come back out (of the water), you must cover me with the seed-basket."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  11. imáankam tasáxaak kúmaam kuníshriimtih.
    The next day they shot at targets behind tasáxaak.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  12. kumáam vúra hôoy upíip poo'aramsîip tuvásip.
    He comes from somewhere up in the hills, he said, he comes up from there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  13. payêem vúra hôoyva u'aramsîiprivtih pu'aapunmuti uxúti kumâam vúra upíip poo'aramsîiprivtih.
    He doesn't even know where it comes from, he was thinking it just came from up in the hill there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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