Ararahih'urípih
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pi'êep long ago

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lexicon ID #5170 | revised Nov 08 2005

pi'êep • ADV • long ago

Source: WB 1111, p.372

  • hûutvava vúra úthvuuytihanik, tapi'êep. I don't know what his name was, it was a long time ago. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 037]
  • xás káan nimáhat pi'êep va'irípraam. And there I saw an old mine. [Reference: DF 05: Finding Gold 002]

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  1. pi'êep vaa káan ta neepshinvárihva.
    A long time ago I forgot.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. xas kaan nimáhat pi'êep va'irípraam.
    There I saw an old mine.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  3. pi'êep kunipítih, payupsíriharas uum vaa xás mukunfikríparas.
    Long ago, they say, the blind people were their sorters.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. pi'êep pihnêefich vaa káan úkrii.
    Long ago Coyote lived there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  5. akâay vaa káan úkreenik pi'êep?
    Who lived there long ago?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  6. pi'êep nanítaat musára tóo kyav.
    Long ago my mother made her bread.
    Source: Vina Smith, Biscuits (VS-23) | read full text
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  7. taay vúra pa'ás pay'ôok pi'êep.
    There were lots of rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  8. pi'êepvari, kári naa nîinamich, kunípeenti" chími pimnîishi!"
    Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  9. pi'êep, paniyáan'iiftihanhaak, pa'ôok káruk veethívthaaneen pishîich ni'úumhaak, papanámniik pishîich ni'úumhaak, naa vúra xakitrahyar káru yítha hárinay kích tá níkrii.
    Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  10. pi'êep uum pa'áraar ithtítaansahanik.
    Long ago the people were gamblers.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  11. papi'êep kunkupa'ákunvutihanik kun'ákeekvutih.
    They carried bows when they hunted, long ago.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text