Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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kun meaning unknown

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3976 | revised Jun 30 2005

kun • PCL • meaning unknown

Derivatives (3)
yakun "you see"
yakúnva "so that"
yukun "you see..."

Source: WB 917, p.363

Note: Occurs in yakun 'you see' and in víri kun, of demonstrative meaning.

Sentence examples (12)

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  1. víri kún amvákaam.
    There was a big salmon (in the net).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  2. xás póo'uum, víri kún amvákaam tóo thyúruripaa.
    And when she arrived, there he had pulled out a big salmon.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  3. víri kún siit kích uksahárahitih.
    There only mice were squeaking.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  4. víri kún káan tá kunpifúkraan.
    There they had climbed up there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  5. víri kún pakéevniikich úkrii, káru patapriha'ifápiit.
    There lived the old woman, and the young woman of patapríhak.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  6. yee! víri kún káan xás kun'iin, pakéevniikich káru pa'ifápiit.
    Well, there they were, the old woman and the girl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  7. víri kún mumâam áxak ifápiitsha kunirúfak.
    There uphill from him two young women came down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  8. víri kún tá kunpáchakroov pamukúnpaah.
    There were (the others') boats floating upriver in a bunch.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  9. víri kún tá kunpiyâaramaheen.
    There they had gone away again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  10. víri kún axyaráva, pakóo kuma'arará'uup.
    There they were all full, there was all kinds of Indian treasure.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  11. víri kún tá púra fátaak.
    There was nothing there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  12. víri îifuti poopitrûuputi víri kún yúruk úmkuufhitih.
    Sure enough, when he looked downriver, there downriver was the smoke.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text