Ararahih'urípih
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-ap inverse marker used when certain subjects and objects are reversed, in particular when the action is being done to the second person ('you')

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lexicon ID #398 | revised Aug 12 2014

-ap SUFF • inverse marker used when certain subjects and objects are reversed, in particular when the action is being done to the second person ('you')


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    1. chímiva púxay vúraxay kaneekvárishap.
      But it turned out that I couldn't.
      Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
    2. itnoopámahich ník kana'êeh xás váa káru vúra pa'íshpuk púvaxay kana'êehap káruma chímiheesh ithakûusrah véenik mit paniykáranaat.
      They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
      Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
    3. púffaat vúra îin áamtihap.
      Nothing eats them.
      Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text
    4. vúra pu'uhthaamhítihap.
      They do not sow it.
      Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text
    5. nuu vúra pakuma'áraaras vúra pufâat úhish ipsháruktihaphanik, xáat máruk kunifyúkutihanik.
      Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.
      Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
    6. chanáakat îin tee párap.
      The mosquito bit you.
      Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
      Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Play
    7. koovúra panani'araréefyiivshas naa kíipeentihap, " yôotva, púxich taná'aachichha!"
      To all my Indian friends, I'm saying, "Thank you, I'm very glad!"
      Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
      Spoken by William Bright | Download | Play
    8. xás úpeenti " îim ôok keemisha'îin i'áveeshap."
      And he told (the person sweating), "A monster outside here is going to eat you."
      Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
    9. kiikxúrikeeshap yâamachich.
      I'll paint you pretty.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
    10. pamikun'axvâa kiikxúrikeeshap yâamachich."
      I'll paint your heads pretty."
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
    11. miník kiikxúrikeeshap, yâamach kiikyâavishap."
      I'll paint you, I'll make you pretty!"
      Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
    12. xás pa'ávansas uumkun yúruk ník tá kunithvirípiithva, xás puvúra fâat tá máhap.
      And the men ran around downriver, and they didn't see anything.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
    13. xás pihnêefich úpeenvunaa paaxíich, " chími pamikún'aav kiik'âanvathap.
      And Coyote told the children, "Let me paint you on your faces!
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
    14. yâamach vúra kiikyâavishap."
      I'll make you pretty."
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
    15. hôoy íf akáray îin xuus i'éethtiheeshap.
      Nobody will take care of you.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
    16. xáy iykárap."
      Don't let them kill you."
      Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
    17. xáyfaat kíikmahap."
      Don't let them see you."
      Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
    18. xás yaas'ara'îin kunipêer " iim kumá'ii pa'ára u'íinahaak i'áamtiheeshap, vaa kúth puharíxay xúrihitiheesh.
      Then Man told her, "For your sake, when people exist, they will eat you, because of that they will never hunger.
      Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
    19. xás upiip, " pûuhara, vúra kanathárihi, chí kiipáhariithuneeshap."
      And he said, "No, pass her to me, they're about to catch up with you."
      Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
    20. kári xás " chémi, kiikpiikívmathap."
      And (they said), "All right, put necklaces on them!"
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
    21. xáy kíikmahap."
      Let them not see you!
      Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
    22. xás upiip, " ninítaat ôok imúsarukapat.
      And she said, "My mother came to visit you here.
      Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text