Ararahih'urípih
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kúnish sort of, kind of, rather

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3999 | revised Jun 30 2005

kúnish • PCL • sort of, kind of, rather

Derivatives (7)
chavanichthúkinkunish "a type of worm"
ikxurikasirihkuníshtaahkoo "tinfoil"
sírihkunish "shiny"
taahkúnish "white"
tavátavkunish "light-colored"
thúkinkunish "blue, green, yellow"
xanchifchúkinkunishich "type of frog"

Source: WB 923, p.363

  • yánava vúra táay páxaath toomtupíshriihva, xás vúra amáyav kunish. (Coyote) saw there were a lot of grasshoppers roasted there, and they were sort of tasty. [Reference: WB T4.31]
  • pa'ipahasúruk kúnish tu'uum. He's almost under the tree. [Reference: WB files]

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  1. íp niyrúhat kunish, á'.
    I'd kinda rolled it up.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. níxuti kíri kúnish sákriiv,
    I want to make it kinda solid.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. kúnish kíri sákriiv kúnish paníktaamsipreehaak, paxuun.
    So that it's kind of solid when I pick it up, the acorn soup.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. uuríhaan kúnish uuríhaan.
    Lazy bones, sort of lazy bones.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  5. xás vúra áv kúnish vaa puyávhara peepihnîichha.
    Lots of food it's not good if you become an old man.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  6. xás upíip: " pihnîich kúnish kaníyruuhrivi."
    Then he said: "Let me lie down like an old man."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  7. chavúra tá pâanpay pamutiiv kúnish tatûupichas, too mxurukúvraan pamutiiv, tóo mtaránkoo.
    Then after a while his ears seemed to be small, his ears melted down, he was sweltering.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  8. chavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u'áasish patáprihak, vúra tóo mchax tá pukunish kêenatihara.
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  9. vúra pukúnish xutihap hûut, tá kun'áapunma tóo mkuhiruv.
    They paid no attention to him, they knew that he was getting sweltered.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  10. xás kúnish vúra tóo xus: "vúra ni'aveesh," kóova tuvíshtar póomuustih.
    He was thinking as it were: "I'll have to eat it," he got such an appetite for it as he looked at it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  11. xás axmáy vúra kúnish ukéen, xás yíth upíip: " atafâat pihnêefich. ããx, atafâat pihnêefich."
    Then all at once it kind of moved, and one said: "Maybe it's Coyote. Oh, maybe it's Coyote."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  12. pakoovúra pananuppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kumeekyâahara peheeraha'íppa, vúra chishihpurith'íppa kích vaa kúnish kuméekyav, pa'apxantîich îin tá kinippêer
    Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us
    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

  13. kúna vúra patapasihêeraha uum kúnish axváhahar, tíikyan ár uxváhahiti patu'áffishahaak patapasihêeraha.
    But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  14. peheeraha'íppa uum vúra iváxra kúnish koovúra, pu'ássarhara, sákriiv.
    The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  15. xúus kúnish ár u'iftakankôotti patu'áffishahaak.
    Tobacco is smooth and sticky when one feels it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  16. nanittáat mít upôovôo?ihat, pafâat vúrava úuxhaak: " iheeraháxiit kyúnish kyóo uux."
    My mother used to say when anything tasted bad: "It tastes as bad as green tobacco."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  17. unúhyaachas pa'uhípih, sú' kúnish árunsasa.
    The tobacco stems are round [in section] and empty inside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  18. imyaat kúnish upiyáatunvaramoohitih.
    It is like fur all compressed together.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  19. peheerahásaan xúus kunish ithváaykamkam, kôomahich vúra u'áxvuh?ha?hitihach peheerahasanvásihkamkam.
    Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  20. pamupírish vúra pu'ivrárasurutihara, sákriivsha pamúpsii, ípam kunish pamupirish'ápsii, xákaan u'ifshúrootihirak sákriivsha.
    The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  21. ipansúnukich vaa káan payêepsha, ikpíhan peehêeraha, kunish ár u'iftakankôoti, vaa peheerahayêepsha káanvári.
    Toward the top they are good leaves, it is strong tobacco, like it would stick to a person, they are good tobacco leaves that side.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  22. pahûut pakunkupítihanik xáas vúra kúnish ikxáyxaytihaphanik
    How they would say that [the ground] was sort of cultivated
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  23. ipít kúnish niyíkiheen.
    Yesterday I was sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  24. ipít kúnish niyíkihatih.
    Yesterday I was sick.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  25. pananikáfih kúnish imfir.
    My coffee is warm.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  26. pa'áraaras kúnish koovúra pa'ishímfir kuma'áraaras.
    Those guys are all tough guys.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  27. tá kúnish nithítiv pachishíi poohyíivtih.
    I heard the dog barking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  28. pani'áhootih uum kúnish nimáhat papúufich pay'ôok úkriivtih.
    When I was walking, I saw where the deer lives.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  29. kúnish úkviit-hitih pay'ôok.
    He is making his bed right here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  30. vaa kúnish kunimúsahiti pásaan.
    They (the quails) are the same color as the leaves.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  31. kúnish tuváxrah.
    They (leaves) were kind of dry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  32. Kúnish ipshûunkinich pay.
    It (the net) is kind of short (to catch the frog).
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  33. kúnish chí upathríheesh.
    It's just about to rain.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  34. imáan kúnish upathríheesh.
    It looks like it's going to rain tomorrow.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  35. kúnish upathríheesh.
    It looks like it's going to rain.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  36. kúmateech uum kúnish umcháxeesh.
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  37. xás uxuti kunish yíim nîinamich papúufich, xás póo'uum xás vúra uum pufíchkaam.
    And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  38. pa'áama tóo mnish vúra uum kúnish ikxáramkunish.
    She cooked the fish, it was black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  39. vúra uum kúnish puyáv imúsahatihara.
    You don't look so good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  40. náa vúra kúnish kéevniikich.
    I am sort of an old woman.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  41. kúnish apxantínihich imusahitih.
    You white people look like that.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  42. apxantinihich'ávansa uum kúnish vâaramas.
    White men are tall.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  43. íim káru pee'áhooti vúrava kúnish furáthfip.
    When you arrived it seemed like you were cranky.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  44. íp peevôonfuruk íp kúnish vaa ifuráthfiptih.
    It seemed like you were cranky when you came in.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  45. íp u'áasishriheen kúnish vaa puyáv ipmahóonkoonatihara.
    She laid down, she wasn't feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  46. vúra uum kúnish púfaat paxuntápan.
    There aren't really any acorns.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  47. ipít ip vírusur nimáhat kúnish, tá ni'ay.
    Yesterday I saw a bear, I was sort of afraid.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  48. vúra kúnish tá naxúriha.
    I'm sort of hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  49. hãã vúra kúnish tá néexrah.
    I'm sort of thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  50. vaa ukupathitívahitih, kúnish upíti " huhuhuhuhuhu."
    He heard that, it sort of said, "Huhuhuhuhuhu."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  51. xás axmáy fâat kúnish uthítiv.
    And suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  52. yánava vúra táay páxaath tóo mtupíshriihva, xás vúra amáyav kunish.
    He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  53. xás vúra kúnish púfaat ipmahóonkoonara.
    And he sort of didn't feel anything.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  54. hôoyva kúnish kunpakúriihvutih.
    Somewhere they were sort of singing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  55. xás pihnêefich u'aachíchha, xás upíip " kúnish íp nípaat pamú'aan uum káan úkyiimeesh."
    And Coyote was glad, and he said, "I sort of said his string would reach there!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  56. xás upíip " yee! vúra ník kúnish ûumukich.
    And he said, "Say, it's kind of close!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  57. yukún peethívthaaneen vúra thúkinkunish xás kúnish ûumukich.
    The earth is so green and kind of close.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  58. " miník kúnish puyívuhara.
    "It's not so far!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  59. pa'ás kúnish tuvurúniihva, tiim.
    It was sort of running over the edge of the rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  60. kúna vúra kúnish tá arákaas.'"
    But he's sort of old.'"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  61. pavúra ixusáhaak, ' kúnish chí kaneeykáreesh vúra,' ikpêehveesh ík.
    Whenever you think they are sort of about to kill you, you must shout.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  62. kári xás vúra pu'ikviit-hára, káruma kúnish úkviit-hitih.
    But she didn't sleep, the truth was she sort of slept (in pretense).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  63. kári xás upíip " hûu huhûu, kúnish nanisípaam tuyuunhítih."
    And he said, "hûu huhûu, my grinding slab is sort of crooked."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  64. " vúra kúnish hûut tée piip."
    "You sort of said something."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  65. pa'avansáxiich vúra tá pukúnish ikviiptíhara, kóova tóo kfuuyshur.
    The boy could hardly run, he was so tired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  66. kári xás uxúti pakachakâach " hûut áta kumá'ii pa'ípat múxuun kích kúnish poopátatih."
    And Blue Jay thought, "I wonder why he sort of eats only Doe's acorn soup?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  67. víri teepshítaanivanihich axmáy kúnish fâat uthítiv.
    After a while suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  68. teepshítaanivanihich axmáy kúnish fâat uthítiv.
    In a little while, suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  69. víri vaa ukuupha, chaka'îich kúnish kun'ixipúniihva.
    They did that, they sort of floated slowly down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  70. fâat kúnish kun'ixáxanaatih.
    They were sort of crying somewhat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  71. axmáy kúnish pay'ôok fâat upmahóonkoon.
    Suddenly he sort of felt something right here (on his body).
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  72. xás ufáathkar, xás vúra kúnish tu'ay, pa'íshaha.
    Then he waded in, but he was sort of afraid of the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  73. xás pa'aneekyávaan vúra kúnish ikxaréeyav.
    And the doctor was kind of (like) an ikxaréeyav.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text

  74. xás patu'aráriihkanhaak xás pu'ikxáramkunishhara, kúnish ámkuufkunish.
    And when it healed, it was not black, it was sort of blue.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text

  75. puxích kúnish upáthriihtih, víri puxútihap " kíri nupêer paaxíitichas ' ôok kóova nu'am.'"
    It's sort of raining hard, so they don't want to ask the (neighbor's) children to eat here with them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text

  76. xás pa'ávansa vaa vúra úkviipti, kúnish yiimúsich payêem.
    The man is running like that, sort of far away now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  77. xás avansáxiich uum u'áhootih, pa'ipahasúruk kúnish tu'uum.
    A boy is walking in front, he is sort of going under the tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  78. xás paachvíiv káan úkxiiptih, kúnish tu'áy páchishiih.
    The bird is flying there, it is sort of afraid of the dog.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  79. payôok áxak pa'ápsuun, kúnish chími kuníshkaaksipreevish.
    Here are two snakes, they are sort of going to strike (lit., jump).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text