Karuk Dictionary
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tâak give me . . ! Used as a complete sentence in the meaning, 'Give it here!'
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5512 | revised Aug 23 2005
tâak • INTERJ • give me . . ! Used as a complete sentence in the meaning, 'Give it here!'
Derivative (1)
taaksíkih "man's name, Sandy Bar Tom"
Source: WB 1276, p.382
- tâak payúfish. Give me the salt. [Reference: Richardson 1993:14]
- tâak paniinamichtâapas. Give me the smallest one. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 328]
Sentence examples (6)
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xas pamúkîit upeer:
" tâak pamiyáfus níxraam."
And he told his grandmother: “Give me your dress. Let me bet it.”Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text -
tâak payúfish.
Hand me (some) salt.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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tâak pasíkih.
Hand me a spoon.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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tâak payúfish.
Hand me the salt.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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kári xás upiip,
" tâak,
naa ni'êeh."
And she said, "Here, I'm giving it to him."Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
xás upiip,
" tâak,
naa kanathárihi."
And he said, "Here, pass her to me!"Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text