Ararahih'urípih
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payêem now

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4716 | revised Mar 01 2016

payêem • ADV • now

Derivation:  pay êem
this êem

Source: WB 1104.1, p.372

Note: Perh. equiv. to payváheem 'nowadays'.

  • vaa vúra payêem kumáheesh Even now you (pl.) can see it. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 063]

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  1. chími... talk about your weaving, fâatva peevíikti payêem.
    Come on, talk about your weaving, whatever you're weaving now.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. naa vúra payêem pufâat náviiktihara.
    I'm not weaving anything right now.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. payêem uum xúrish kana'ákihi."
    Give me acorns."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  4. " xás payêem uum athithxuntápan kana'ákihi."
    "Give me hazel nuts this time."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  5. payêem vúra vaa káan taay u'íifti, pakáan píins kun'úhthaamhitihirak.
    They grow more now where beans are planted.
    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

  6. payêem panámniik tá nivâaram.
    I'm going to Orleans now.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  7. ararachúupha nuu payêem nuchúuphitih.
    We are talking our Indian language now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  8. fâat i'áamti payêem?
    What are you eating now?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  9. puxích íp neekvúrishrihat máh’iit payêem uum yáv nipmahóonkoonatih.
    I was tired this morning, but now I am feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-04) | read full text
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  10. payêem uum yáv nipmahóonkoonatih.
    Now I am feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-04) | read full text
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  11. máh’iit íp naxúrihitihat payêem uum punaxúrihitihara.
    I was hungry this morning, but now I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  12. payêem uum punaxúrihitihara.
    Now I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  13. iim payêem tá nupár.
    I am biting you now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  14. iim punupáreeshara payêem.
    I am not biting you right now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  15. naa vúra ni'áyti payêem.
    I am afraid right now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  16. naa vúra payêem nikpuhúthunavish.
    I am swimming around.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  17. uum payêem uum áama u'áveesh.
    He is going to eat salmon now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  18. payêem uxraah nu'áamtih.
    We are eating berries now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  19. Xás paxanchíifich payêem tóo mah.
    And now the frog sees them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  20. Xás payêem paxanchíifich tu'ípak.
    And now the frog has come back.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  21. Káru payêem vúra vaa umúustih kári.
    And now he's still looking at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  22. Xás payêem iish tá kunpáatva.
    And now they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  23. Xás payêem paxanchíifich tóo xus, " Kíri naa káru nipáatveesh."
    And now the frog is thinking, "I want to take a bath, too."
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  24. Xás vúra uum payêem tá kunpáatvaheen.
    And now they've bathed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  25. payêem uum mah'íitnihich.
    It's morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  26. chími ikfúuksip payêem.
    It's time to get up!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  27. pananiishxâar nishxâareesh payêem.
    I am going to go fishing with my fishing pole now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  28. váa vúra punapipshinvárihvutihara, váa vúra ni'áapunmuti payêem.
    I'll never forget that, I know it today.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  29. pananikústaan uum yâamach payêem.
    My sister is pretty now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text
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  30. pananikústaan uum payêem puyâamachhara.
    My sister is not pretty now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text
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  31. pananikústaansa vúra yâamachas payêem.
    My sisters are pretty now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text
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  32. koovúra ithvóon payêem.
    We are all eager now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  33. nuu koovúra ithvóon payêem.
    We are all eager now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  34. koovúra kunpavyíishipeesh payêem.
    They are all going to go back home now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  35. papúsihich vúra pu'áamtihara, xás vúra payêem tá áxaska.
    The cat didn't eat, and now she is skinny.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  36. papúsihich úum púfaat pamu'ífunih payêem.
    The cat doesn't have any hair now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  37. xás payêem vúra itníivka.
    And now you are mean.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  38. payêem xas?
    What else?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  39. káru payêem vúra uum taay pa'ás.
    There are already lots of rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  40. vúra uum payêem vúra uum taay pa'ás.
    There are already lots of rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  41. ôok uum vúra taay pa'ás, payêem.
    There are lots of rocks here now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  42. payêem káru vúra uum taay pá'ás ôok.
    There are lots of rocks here now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  43. payêem vúra uum putáay paxuntápan.
    There aren't very many acorns here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  44. payêem vúra uum ôok taay paxuntápan, vúra uum púfaat pa'ás.
    There are only acorns here now, no rocks.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  45. naa payêem ni'aasíshriheesh.
    I'm going to lie down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  46. naa payêem ni'úufithvutih.
    I'm swimming.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  47. xasík nupêenti " chími payêem nuxúti kíri gravy núkyav."
    Then we told her we “Now we would like to make gravy.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  48. kári vúra naa nîinamich, víri vaa kumá'ii payêem naa uum púfaat neekyâatihara.
    I was little then (chuckle), but now I can’t do anything.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  49. xás payêem uum vúra tu'aráriihkanha, puhúun vúra íinatihan.
    And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  50. payêem puhúun íinatihan.
    Now there’s nothing wrong with him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  51. payêem námpaan vúra pihnîich, xakinivkihitráhyar káru itroopahárinay tá níkrii.
    Now I myself am an old man, I'm 75 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  52. kári xás uxus, " payêem vúra ni'ísheesh pasaamvároo nimahaak."
    And he thought, "Now I'll drink when I see a creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  53. xás uxús " púya páy uum, payêem uum nayâavaheesh.
    And he thought, "There, now I'll get full.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  54. púyava uxús " payêem vúra puna'ípaveeshara paxathímtas.
    So he thought, "Now I won't eat roasted grasshoppers again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  55. " payêem panimáhaak pasaamvároo paninívaas kúuk nipaathméesh.
    "Now when I see a creek, I'll throw my blanket at it.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  56. xás kunípeenti pihnêefich " payêem pukinípkookanpeeshara."
    Then they told Coyote, "Now you won't go with us again."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  57. xás pihnêefich upíip " payêem ník vúra ishávaas vaa puneepkuphêeshara."
    And Coyote said, "I won't do it again this time, nephew."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  58. xás upíip " payêem nivôoruraavish pa'ípaha.
    And he said, "Now I'll climb a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  59. xás upíip " payêem vúra puna'itxâarihveesh."
    And (Coyote) said, "Now I won't open my eyes."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  60. " payêem vúra yiimúsich vúra nikvíripshipreevish," uxus.
    "Now I'll break into a run just close to it," he thought.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  61. kári xás uxus, " payêem nanikútrahar nipaathkúriheesh."
    And he thought, "Now I'll throw my coat in the water."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  62. payêem ík vúra i'asímchaaktiheesh.
    This time you must keep your eyes closed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  63. xás kunpíip " payêem xasík chí kinmáheesh."
    And they said, "Now we are going to see them."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  64. víri vaa vúra káan utháaniv payéem.
    So he's lying there now.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  65. kári xás vaa ukupíti payêem, tá pu'áhootihara patur.
    So now she does that, the basket-load doesn't walk anymore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  66. víri payêem panipimúsarahaak víri vaa ník kári nimáheesh peekrívraam káan vúra u'iikráhaak."
    Now when I go back to see (my father), then I'll see if the house is standing there."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  67. chôora nupxákaanpi payêem."
    Let's go back together now."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  68. víri vaa kúth payêem paxuntápan kôokaninay vúra u'íiftih.
    That's why the acorns grow everywhere now.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  69. vaa vúra payêem kumáheesh.
    You will see him like that now.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  70. vaa vúra payêem kumáheesh, u'úuntih.
    You will see it that way now, it is peeling.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  71. púyava payêem paakráa vaa pa'úuth uxyakâanvutih.
    So now the eels are that which he threw out into the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  72. púyava uum túus payêem vúra u'ípakvutih, tupímnaaniharuk.
    So now Mockingbird always returns, he comes to spend the summer.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text

  73. púyava payêem patóo snur, pa'ípaha tóo kfuukiraa, tóo sxáxaar.
    So now when it thunders, (Lightning) grabs the trees, he rips them open.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  74. víri vaa kumá'ii payêem íshaha, xás vúra kumá'ii úmsiipti aah.
    For that reason it's water now, that's why it puts out fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

  75. kári xás upiip, " púya, payêem ík vôohara mûuk ivúreesh, papay'ôok tu'íhithunahaak nunúthvaaykam."
    And (one) said, "Say, this time we must jab him with a digging stick when he dances around here in front of us."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  76. xás kunpiip, " xâatik payêem ikyávaan ka'íru."
    And they said, "Let there be priestesses too, this time."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  77. vaa kumá'ii payêem áraar kun'áraarahitih.
    That's why people are living now.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

  78. xás payêem vaa vúra mukun'íthvuy rúup.
    And now (his descendants') name is Rube.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  79. payêem uum tá koo, tá púvaa kinkupítihara.
    Now that's all over, we can't do that.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  80. payêem uum símsiim mûuk kunvúutvanaatih.
    Now they cut them with a knife.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  81. payêem uum tá kóo patur, chishíi mûuk uum tah.
    Now the use of burden baskets is all gone, it is with horses now.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  82. pamuyeenipaxvúhich Roberta payêem mú'iipma.
    Today is her little girl Roberta's birthday.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text

  83. víri peenvári payêem upikyâatih.
    Ben Wilder is fixing it now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text

  84. púyava panipkárahaak payêem káruk kúna ni'árihroovish, niptakníhareesh.
    When I go back across-river now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text

  85. kúkuum vúra víri payêem áxak pa'ávansa.
    Now again there are two men.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  86. víri payêem kuyraak tah, pa'ávansa.
    Now by this time there are three men.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  87. xás payêem áxak tá kunsaam, pakun'iruvêehriv.
    And now two remain standing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  88. payêem asiktávaan peehyárihan, úksuupkutih pa'ípaha.
    Now a woman is the one standing, she is pointing at the tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  89. payêem asiktávaan peehyárihan.
    Now a woman is the one standing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  90. víri payêem áxak pa'ávansas.
    There are two men now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  91. xás payêem áxak pa'ávansa vúra káan mupîimach kun'iruvêehriv.
    Now two men are standing there next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  92. kúkuum vúra vaa káan uhyárih, payêem áxak pa'ávansa mupîimach kun'iruvêehriv.
    Again she is standing there like that, now two men are standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  93. 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

  94. xás payêem áxak pa'ávansa kun'iruvêehrim mupîimach.
    Now two men are standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  95. kúna vúra payêem ápapkam asiktávaan yítha.
    But now one woman is on one side.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  96. payêem uum pa'asiktávaan ôokukam.
    Now the woman is on this side.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  97. 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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