Ararahih'urípih
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váa that, that way, he, she, it

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6381 | revised Jan 16 2024

váa • PRON • that, that way, he, she, it

Derivative (1)
vúrava "just (intensive)"

Source: WB 1516, p.393

Note: Usually refers to something designated elsewhere in the linguistic context.

  • vaa yav. That's good. [Reference: Richardson 1993:9]
  • vaa péeshpuk nikyâareesh. I'll go get that money. [Reference: WB T1.8]
  • kíri páy kári vaa ni'ish. I wish I could drink that! [Reference: WB T1.46]

Sentence examples (267)

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  1. vaa káan nivâarameesh.
    I'm going there.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. fâat uum vaa?
    What is this?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  3. 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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  4. xas pa'ávansa mukun'ikrívraam váshihkam usúruruprinahiti vaa kaan kunthanfúrukvuti papúufich.
    Now there was a hole in the back of the boys' house, they dragged the deer in there.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  5. " chi váa kúuk kiik'uumi, kíri váa káan ku'iin, kíri vaa mikun'ávan íf pufich'iykáraansas."
    "Go over there to live! That's where we want you to live! You had better marry those boys, they are such good hunters!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  6. itráhyar pa'asípiitsa káru vaa kóohoo imvarámpiitsa káru itráhyar síkih.
    There were ten new bowls, and also ten new plates, and also ten spoons.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  7. xas vaa káan kunthathyúrufurukva pamukunpúufich itráhyar, xas kun'av.
    They dragged in their deer into the house and then the ten young men ate.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  8. yánava váa kaan su pa'úxruunhitih.
    And the growling came from inside.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  9. vaa káan aas uvúuntih.
    There was a spring flowing there.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  10. yúxnaam vaa káan... púva, néehruuvtihara payúxnaam.
    Never there in the fine sand, I didn't use the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  11. hãã vúrava ishimfirákuupha vaa.
    Yes, (it was) a big happening.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  12. xás váa káan kâarim ukupavêenahanik.
    Then he did not do right there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  13. ta'ítam vaa káan su' u'árihivrathaheen.
    Then he jumped inside of it there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  14. vúra vaa mu'ánavhanik pa'ámtaap.
    Now ashes were his medicine.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  15. chavúra vaa káan u'úum paxathímtup kunikyâatihirak, pakunikyâatihirak paxathímtup.
    Then he reached the place where they fix cooked grasshoppers, where they fix roasted grasshoppers.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  16. váa ta ifuchtîimich váa tápaan uxraam pamúkiit muyáfus.
    Then at last he even bet his grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  17. xás vaa kúna kunpáxeep.
    And they won it from him.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  18. táay nik tá kunchífich vúra pu'ixraratihara, váa xás u'ívur pamúkiit muyáfus.
    They had won lots of things from him but he never cried, all he cried for was his grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  19. xás vaa káan upishunvávaananik.
    She buried herself there.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  20. púya uum vookuphaanik pihnêeffich.
    Coyote did this.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  21. 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

  22. pu'ikpíhanhara pasahihêeraha, xáat vaa ár uhêer.
    That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  23. vaa uum vúra hitíhaan araréethvaayvari vaa kóo vâaramas-hitih.
    But most of the time they come up to a person's chest.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  24. afiv'ávahkam a'vánihich vaa poopírishhiti pamu'iheerahásaan, áfiv uum vúra piríshiipux.
    Somewhat up the stem the leaves commence; the base is without leaves.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  25. peheerahásaan tiníhyaachas, vaa pakun'ihêeratih.
    The tobacco leaves are widish ones; those are what they smoke.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  26. kúna vúra vaa kun'aapúnmutihanik pa'áraar, hôoy vúrava pa'úhish pookyívishrihaak, vaa vúra íkiich u'ífeesh, kun'aapúnmutihanik vúra vaa.
    But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  27. hâari axmáy'ik vúra fátaak tá kunmah vaa vúra taay pátayiith, xás sú' patá kun'ûupvakurih.
    Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  28. hâari vaa káan vúra mupîimach tá kunmah akthiptunveechiváxrah âapun ithivthaneensúruk.
    Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  29. fâat vaa vúra vaa pávaa kupítihan, man'áta axraas.
    It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  30. vúra fâatva vaa vúra pávaa kupítihan, sú' ithivthaneensúruk usanpîithvutih.
    Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  31. paxiitíchas kich uumkun vúra táv kun'ikyâatihanik, kunvíiktihanik peethríhar aanmûuk, aksanváhich, kár axpaheekníkinach, káru tiv'axnukuxnúkuhich, xás vaa yúpin tá kunpúuhkhin.
    Only the children used to make a vizor, weaving the flowers with string, shooting stars, and white lilies, and bluebells, and they put it around their foreheads.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

  32. vaa tá kunpîip: pa'amtápyuux ník yav.
    They thought the ashy earth is good enough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  33. kúna vaa vúra ník kun'áapunmutihanik, pamukunvôoh muuk vaa káan taay u'íifti, pakáan hitíhaan kun'ûupvutihaak, patá yíth, vaa káan yáanchiip taay u'íifti, yíth pakáan kun'uupvutihaak.
    But they knew indeed that where they dig cacomites all the time, with their digging sticks many of them grow up, the following year many grow up where they dig them.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  34. taay tûupichas u'íifti sú', vaa mupîimachich patayîith.
    There are tiny ones growing under the ground, close to the Indian potatoes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  35. áfeer tá kunvítrip, vaa uum pukúkuum píiftihara, pávaa kun'îinishtihaak, payúux uxéetchichhitih.
    Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  36. Medford nivâarameesh, vaa káan pananikústaan úkrii.
    I am going to Medford because my sister lives there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  37. vaa mu'ákah.
    It's his father.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text
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  38. vaa húm i'ávaheen?
    Did you eat it?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  39. vaa húm pee'ávaheen?
    Did you eat it?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  40. vaa húm pee'ávaheen paputíruh?
    Did you eat the potato?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  41. naa nímuusti váa.
    I am looking at it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  42. vaa húm péemuustih?
    Are you looking at it?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  43. váa húm ímuustih?
    Are you looking at it?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  44. vaa húm péemuusti íim?
    Are you looking at it?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  45. vaa pananipúsihich utapkûuputih.
    My cat likes it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  46. uum vaa múchviiv?
    Is that his bird?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  47. uum vaa mú'achviiv?
    Is that his bird?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  48. achviiv vaa káan ukûuntakoo.
    There is a bird sitting there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  49. achviiv vaa káan úkrii.
    A bird is sitting there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  50. akâay vaa káan úkrii pa'ikrívkir.
    There is someone sitting there in the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  51. itháantakoo vaa káan ípahak.
    Put it in the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  52. vaa káan pûuvish thárishrih.
    Put it in the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  53. vaa káan íp nikvêeshrihat peekrívraamak.
    I stayed the night at that house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  54. vaa pa'ávansa nipítaptih.
    I know that man.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  55. vaa nipítapti pa'ávansa panámniik aramsîiprintih.
    I know the man who lives in Orleans.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  56. vaa íp nichuphûunishti pa'ávansa.
    I talked to that man.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  57. vaa káan papaah îikam ipít.
    There was a peppernut outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  58. vaa káan ipít pachiipich úkrii.
    There was a redfish outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  59. pi'êep pihnêefich vaa káan úkrii.
    Long ago Coyote lived there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  60. 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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  61. papûuvish vaa káan pa'as nipaathkúriheesh.
    I will throw the rock into the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  62. vaa káan uthaantákoo ahup'ásipak.
    It is on top of the box.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  63. vaa káan pa'ápsuun úkrii ásip súrukam.
    The snake is underneath the box.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  64. xáyfaat vaa káan ithárishrih ahup'ásip súrukam.
    Don't put it underneath the box.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  65. vaa yáv paníkpuuhtih.
    I am swimming well.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  66. 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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  67. vaa vúra yav.
    That's good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  68. fâat uum vaa?
    What is that?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  69. pa'íshahak nimúustiheesh vaa káan.
    I am going to look at myself in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  70. xás vaa tá nu'ákunvar.
    And we would go hunting.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  71. xás vaa tá nu'ákunvar papúufich, ímpaah.
    And we were hunting the deer [from the] road.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  72. xás vaa pa'ávansa ukúniihka papúufich.
    And the man shot at the deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  73. xás vúra uum vaa káan xás uupíipha vúra uum kêech papúufich uum, vúra uum máath.
    So [when he got] there, he said? the deer was really big, it was really heavy.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  74. xás vúra vaa máruk, u'áhoo.
    And then he went all the way back up.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  75. xás vaa káan tuvupaksúroo.
    And he cleaned it there.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  76. xás vaa káan tuvúpaksur.
    So he cleaned it down there.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  77. váa vúra uum yíiv xas vaa vúra uxúti íkiich punakúniihkeeshara xás vúra vaa ukúniihka.
    And it was so far away, he thought, maybe I won't get it, but he did shoot it.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  78. xás vúra vaa sáruk ukfukúraa.
    And he climbed all the way back up from downhill.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  79. xás vaa ukúniihkat papúufich.
    And he shot that deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  80. You know, xás vaa ip máath poo'áhoo.
    You know, it was heavy to carry.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  81. xás vúra vaa kêech papúufich.
    It was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  82. xás upíip chími kaan vaa sáruk tá nivâaram xás vúra ni'ípakeesh vaa papúufich.
    And he said, I'm going down there to get it, I'll bring the deer back here.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  83. vaa pa'ávansa upiip.
    The man said that.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  84. xás vúra uum vaa kóovura tá kunyôotva.
    And they were all glad.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  85. 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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  86. vaa vúra vaa itíhaan vúra vaa u'ákunvuti káru.
    He was always doing that, he was always hunting.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  87. asákaamsa kaan xás vaa á' tá nukfukúraa.
    We used to climb those big rocks out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  88. miyukúkuh uum vaa.
    Those are your shoes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  89. uum vúra yáv, vaa kumá'ii.
    She is really good, that's why.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-27) | read full text
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  90. uum vúrava yáv vaa kumá'ii.
    That's why she is good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-27) | read full text
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  91. uum vaa ishímfir.
    She is tough.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  92. akâay vaa tóo kúupha?
    Who did that?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  93. vaa múxuun.
    That's his acorn soup.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  94. vaa uum xuntápan.
    That's acorns.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  95. pay uum vaa kunipítih.
    They are saying that.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  96. vaa apxantínihichas panuchuphuníshkoonaatih.
    We are talking to those white people.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  97. uum vaa páykuuk vúra uum vaa yav.
    The one over there, she's good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  98. hãã, vaa amáyav patáay ni'ávat.
    Yes, what I ate was good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  99. manâa vaa pa'ávansa vúra vaa puxích mít vúra itíhaan vúra ikpíhan.
    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  100. itíhaan vúra vaa ikpíhan, káru xás vúra vaa poo'if vúra vaa itíhaan vúra ikpíhan.
    He is always strong, and when he grew up he was just always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  101. íp poo'íf xás vúra vaa ikpíhan.
    Growing up he was strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  102. xás vúra itíhaan vúra vaa ikpíhan.
    He was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  103. itíhaan vúra vaa ikpíhan.
    He was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  104. poo'íifti xás vúra vaa kâarim, vúra púfaat pu'ûum, táay vúra púfaat.
    When he was growing up he was poor, he didn't have hardly anything, he didn't have much.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  105. xás vúra vaa tu'if.
    He grew up that way.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  106. vúra púfaat uum vúra mu'ám mu'uup, xás vúra vaa kâarim, xás vúra vaa poo'íiftih.
    He didn't have any food or possessions, he was poor, that is how he grew up.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  107. vaa vúra uum puxích tá nafuráthfip.
    I am really cranky.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  108. 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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  109. íkiich ápapkam vaa mi'asímnaam itxâariheen.
    Maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  110. 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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  111. xáyfaat íkyav vaa, kâarim ikyáatih.
    Don't treat her [the cat] that way, you are treating her badly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  112. îikam paaxíitichas kunihmárathunanaatih, xás vúra vaa káan kuniksháahtih.
    The kids are all running around outside, they are happy out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  113. pûuhara, naa nixúti îikam vúra káan kunihmárathununaatih, xás koovúra vaa vúra yáv kunipmahóonkoonatih.
    No, I think they are running around there outside, they are all feeling happy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  114. oh vúra utátuyishrihti vaa vúra páy paporch.
    Oh, she finished sweeping the porch.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  115. vaa káan uthivtákoo.
    It's sitting there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  116. vaa káan úkrii.
    He lives there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  117. vaa káan mukrívraam.
    That's his house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  118. vaa káan póokrii.
    That's where he lives.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  119. vaa káan tas káru.
    That is a fence there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  120. vaa káan uyukúkuhiti yukúkuh.
    The shoe is on her foot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  121. vaa káan aah tóo kyav.
    He's building a fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  122. xás vaa káan úkrii.
    He's sitting there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  123. vaa káan tóo krîishrih.
    He's sitting down there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  124. vaa káan táay pa'ápus, apus'ípaha.
    There are lots of apples; [it's an] apple tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  125. vaa káan úkrii, ikrívkir vasíhkam.
    He's at the back of the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  126. vaa káan u'íchunvutih.
    He's hiding.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  127. vaa káan u''íchunvutih.
    He's hiding there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  128. vaa káan mukrívraam.
    That's his house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  129. áxak pa'ápsuun vaa káankan kuntháaniv asímnaam
    Two snakes are sitting on the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  130. hãã, vaa káan nikrîishriheesh.
    Yes, I'll sit down there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  131. yáxa vaa káan nitákararih.
    Look I'm hanging here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  132. vaa káan pa'ípaha nitákararih
    I'm hanging on the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  133. papúsihich vaa káan úkriv pa'ikrívkir.
    The cat is sitting over there in the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  134. papúsihich úm vaa káan úkrii?
    Is the cat sitting over there?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  135. vaa páykuuk nipítap.
    I know that person over there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  136. xáyfaat vaa ichuphûunish!
    Don't talk to him!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
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  137. xás upíip " pa'íshaha itárivramnihaak, vaa kári vúra itasámsaamtiheesh itíhaan, peekóohaak uum vaa get lumpy."
    And she said, “Pour the water in, and keep stirring it all the time, if you stop, it will get lumpy.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  138. xás on a bench nihyári, xás vaa a' tá ni'ípanha on the table.
    And I stood on a bench, so I could reach the table.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  139. manâa vaa kôomahich tá nipikróok.
    That’s as much as I remember.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  140. xasík peeschool upvôonupukat, vaa kúuk i'uuméesh."
    When the school has let out, you'll go there (to Katimin)."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  141. kúkuum vúra tanupipêer, itíhaan vaa vúra áhup nukyâati.
    Again we told each other, “We’re always gathering wood.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  142. víri vaa kumá'ii pa'itíhaan nuu xás nukyáviichvuti aa-- íshaha káru núktaamti.
    That’s why we always had to work then ah–we also carried water.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  143. " vaa uum" kunipíti " pitaxyárih."
    That, they said, was "swearing."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  144. vaa uum ararákuupha.
    That was Indian law.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  145. vaa mûuk nutâatripaavish."
    We'll hook it out with that."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  146. kári xás kúuk upáathma yítha, tá kuníxtiivhar vaa pasah'áhup.
    And one threw it to (another), they played with that driftwood.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  147. vaa kíp pu'ípararahara, taay kíp ukupavêenahitih."
    That one is just not reliable, he just does lots of tricks."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  148. vaa ík vúra panuvíitihaak.
    That's the way it must be when we paddle.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  149. vaa ík vúra i'asímchaaktiheesh."
    You will have to keep your eyes closed like that."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  150. vaa káan muthívthaaneen.
    That was his country there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  151. achavúra ithá'iithva vaa kóo uparíshriihva.
    Finally he twined a whole pack.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  152. vaa panini'íshaha tupafipsîiprinaheen.
    He's drunk up that juice of mine.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  153. xás uxúti " vaa kíp kôok uvíshvaanti xathímtas."
    And he thought, "He just likes that kind, roasted grasshoppers."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  154. xás pamu'afupchúrax vaa kumûuk upsívshap.
    And he sealed up his anus with that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  155. vaa kích poothítiv páhuhuhuhuhuhu.
    He just heard that "Huhuhuhuhuhu."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  156. hinupáy íp pa'axváha mûuk upsívshaapat hinupáy vaa poo'iinkútih.
    There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  157. xasík vaa nipachipchípeesh."
    Then I can suck on that."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  158. ípararahum, atafâat naa vaa."
    He's not reliable, maybe that's him."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  159. káru pamukunpiykiríkir vaa káru vúra athkúrit.
    And their ladder was fat too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  160. chavúra koovúra utháfip, pamukunpiykiríkir vaa káru vúra utháfip.
    Finally he ate them all up, he ate their ladder up too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  161. vaa pávaa tá kupavêenahan, koovúra tutháfip panunupatúmkir."
    That's who did that, he ate up all our pillows."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  162. xás íp táay áan usáanvutihat, káruma vaa íp uvúpareeshat pamúspuk.
    He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  163. kári xás kun'áharam, kunpiip, " vaa pávaa kupavêenahan."
    Then they chased him, they said, "That's the one who did that mischief."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  164. víri vaa kunípeentih " pihneefpíshtaaxva."
    That's what they call "Coyote pulling-back-foreskin."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  165. vaa pakunípeenti " pihneefchúnivach."
    That's what they call "little Coyote-urine" (Astragalinus sp.)
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  166. kári xás kunpíip pa'îin kun'áharamutih, " naa nipêesh ' vaa pa'ípa ikmaháchraam kúkreenhat.'"
    Then the ones chasing him said, "I'll bet that was him who was in the sweathouse."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  167. kári xás kuníthvuy pa'úkraam, yítha káru uum upítih, " vaa kuma'úkraam nipikvêeshriheesh."
    And they named the ponds, and (each) one said, "I will camp at that pond."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  168. xás vaa uparishríihvutih.
    And he was twining that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  169. xás pihnêefich upíip " naa vúra vaa nikupheesh.
    And Coyote said, "I can do that!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  170. xás ta'ítam vaa vúra káru tupáaxkiv.
    And so (the upriver people) won that too.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  171. vaa xás nipatumkôovish."
    Then I'll suck her that way!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  172. xás upiip " ii! naa êev káru vúra vaa nixútih."
    And she said, "Alas, dear, I think so too."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  173. xás kunpínaa, vaa kích vúra pakunipítih" sishanayâamach tóo síinvar."
    And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  174. púya vaa vúra kich.
    So that's all.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  175. vaa káan ávansa úkrii, páykuuk yíiv úkrii, patuyshipriha'ápapkam.
    A man lives there, he lives far off there, on the other side of the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  176. " kúna vúra pamukrívraam vaa vúra umúsahiti panunukrívraam, koovúra pootâayhiti iinâak vaa vúra umúsahiti ôok iinâak pootâayhitih.
    "But his house looks just like our house, everything that is inside looks just like what is inside here.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  177. pamutiiv káru vúra aaxkúnishichas, vaa vúra pánaa neemúsahiti pananítiiv.
    His ears are reddish too, just like my ears look.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  178. vúra pusakeemvárihveeshara, koovúra vaa umúsahiti panunú'uup.
    You won't be homesick, everything looks like our things.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  179. xás poo'úum yánava koovúra vaa umúsahiti pamukun'îikam umúsahitih, víri íf kákach poopíti vaa umúsahitih.
    And when she arrived, she saw that everything looked like it looked outside their house, it was true how daddy said it looked.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  180. xás ta'ítam vaa vúra káan ukrêeheen.
    And so she lived there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  181. xás kúkuum vaa vúra káan u'ípahoo míta kûukam u'arávuukat.
    And she traveled again the way she had come there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  182. xás upíti " vúra if, koovúra vaa umúsahiti ôok pananú'uup, panini'ávan mukrívraam."
    And she said, "It's true, everything looks like our things here, in my husband's house."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  183. xás pâanpay xás uxús " naa nixúti ' napikshayvûunishti,' yukún koovúra vaa umúsahiti panunú'uup, káru uum vúra vaa umúsahiti panini'áka.
    Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me, everything looks like our things, and he looks just like my father."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  184. 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

  185. xás pihnêefich upíti, " vaa vúra káru vúra pa'áraar uumkun kunkúpheesh, pánaa tá nikuupha."
    And Coyote said, "The people will do just like that too, like I did."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  186. kári xás pihnêefich uxús, " púxay vúra vaa kupítiheeshara."
    And Coyote thought, "They can't do that."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  187. kári xás vaa káan u'uum.
    Then he arrived there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  188. pihnêefich vúra vaa úmuustih.
    Coyote was watching this.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  189. 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

  190. víri vaa kúth sâam usaamnúputih, káru vaa kúth áama ukvíripraatih.
    That's why (the water) flows downstream, and that's why salmon run up the river.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  191. xás sâamvanihich pamukunchíshii vaa káru asaxyípit tóo párihish.
    And a little downhill, their dog had turned to quartz.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  192. kári xás vaa káan asaxyípit upárihish.
    Then she turned to quartz there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  193. víri hûutva kóo ithívthaaneen u'iináhaak, vaa vúra kóo kuníhruuvtiheesh pasímsiim.
    However long the world exists, so long will they use (her) knife.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  194. vaa kumûuk kuníhviithtiheesh peeshyâat, peethívthaaneen tá kunpikyâahaak.
    They will clean the spring salmon with that, when they fix the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  195. vaa chími ithyúruripaan."
    Go haul it out!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  196. yukún vaa káan á' u'íithra murax'ipaha'ípan."
    He's up there at the top of a slippery tree."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  197. vaa kíri ni'av, pakéech."
    Let me eat that one, the big one!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  198. xás kunpiip, " nuu vaa nanu'ífunih.
    And they said, "It's our hair.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  199. vúra vaa kun'íihtih.
    They kept dancing that way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  200. vúra vaa kun'íihtih.
    They kept dancing that way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  201. vúra vaa áachip tá kun'íihvarak.
    They danced down from upriver that way to the middle (of their course).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  202. vaa vúra káan asaxvuhpihnîich upkêevish asánaamkarak.
    Old Man Turtle was transformed there at asánaamkarak.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  203. uum pa'asiktávaan vúra vaa kun'íihruputih.
    The women kept dancing downriver that way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  204. xás payúrasak kun'íkakurih, kári vaa vúra kun'áaphuti pamútraax.
    And when they jumped into the ocean, they were still carrying his arms.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  205. kári xás kúkuum vúra vaa tóo kuupha, tutátuyshiprimtih, xás tóo yvêesh paxuun.
    So she did that way again, she swept up, then she poured the acorn soup down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  206. púyava xás paaxíich upêer pamútaat, " úma kachakâach vaa ukupítih, kachakáach uyveeshrîihvuti paxuun."
    So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  207. ta'ítam vaa kun'irunaakíraheen.
    So they went up on it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  208. kári xás uxús páchishii, " hôoy íf vaa páy pánukupheesh."
    And Dog thought, "We can't do it like this."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  209. víri vaa kúth chishíi fâat vúra vaa uthíramtih.
    For that reason Dog can track anything that way.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  210. víri vaa îin pakín'aaxtih.
    It was that one that was killing them.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  211. víriva kumá'ii akráa púfaat mu'ípih.
    For that reason Eel has no bones.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

  212. ta'ítam koovúra pakeemishatunvêechas kunikyáviichvunaa, yukún vaa káan kunpávyiihmeesh patupíshyaavpa.
    So all the little wild animals worked, you see they were going to come back there when it was winter.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  213. vaa kumá'ii pa'áathva ukyáavunaati.
    That's why he scared them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  214. víri vaa ukupitih, tusaríshriihva pakóo kuma'ávaha.
    She was doing this, she was bringing in all kinds of food.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  215. xás kári yítha upiip, " yakún húm vaa áraar, uum vaa vírusur."
    Then one said, "You see, that's no person, that's a bear!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  216. vaa kumá'ii pavaa ukupítih, ikxáram xás póomkaanvutih.
    That's why she did that, she gathered food in the evening.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  217. púyava hínu páy uum vírusur, víri vaa kumá'ii pátaay úmkaanvutih.
    So there she was a bear, that's why she gathered (so) much.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  218. 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

  219. víri vaa poopâanvuti pa'arará'aax.
    Human blood is what he painted his face with.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  220. 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

  221. káru vaa kumá'ii koovúra kumakeemishatunvêechas kun'áayti aah.
    And that's why all the little wild animals are afraid of fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

  222. kári xás víri vaa tupuxíchkaanva poo'íihtih, kûufan 'an 'an 'an."
    And there he was exerting himself as he danced, (singing) "kûufan 'an 'an 'an."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  223. yukún vaa xákaan u'iifshípreenik, pamutákasar.
    You see, he had grown up with that tossel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  224. yukún naa ík káru vaa nikupheesh pookúphaanik peeknûumin veekxaréeyav.
    You see, I must also do that way, as Burrill Peak Spirit did.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  225. ta'ítam vaa kúuk u'uumáheen.
    So she went there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  226. kári xás vaa vúra umah.
    And she saw that.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  227. yakún vaa yumaaráachviiv."
    You see, that is the bird of the dead."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  228. kári xás kinipéer, " pa'áraar tu'ívahaak, vaa ík apmántiim kuyvúruktiheesh.
    And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  229. púyava pakun'ípak ôok kumeethívthaaneen vaa uum pakúphaanhanik póokupiti áraar utâanaxihitihirak.
    So when they returned to this world, they are the ones who did as it is done in the land of the dead.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  230. vaa káan naní'anamahach mufyukúraam."
    That's where my little one used to stay."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  231. xás u'árihrupuk, vaa kích upíti " húm íta, húm íta, húm íta."
    Then she ran outdoors, she said only, "húm íta, húm íta, húm íta." (No meaning.)
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  232. kári xás upatanvâava, upiip, " hôoy vaa."
    And he inquired, he said, "Where is that one?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  233. kári xás vaa áak tá kunpathríimkurih.
    And they spread (the hide) over the fire.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  234. kári xás vaa tá kunvupákpak.
    And they cut it up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  235. púyava vaa íshyaav kun'áamtih.
    And in the winter they ate it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  236. púyava vúra kich.
    So that's all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text

  237. xás vuráakir u'íihya, xás vaa káan pakunvóoruniihvutih.
    And a ladder stood (there), and they crawled down (into the house) on that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  238. xás vaa káan tupátum pakáan pa'arátaanva ukêenatih.
    She put her mouth there where the 'pain' (i.e. disease object) was quivering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  239. xás vaa vúra xánahich tupatúmkoo.
    And she sucked at it for a little while.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  240. âapun úkrii pávaa ukupitih.
    She sat on the floor as she did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  241. púyava xás kúkuum vúra vaa tóo pkuupha.
    Then she did the same thing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  242. kúmateech poo'ípakahaak peekxariya'áraar, vaa ukrivkíreesh.
    Later on, when the priest came back, he was going to sit on that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  243. vaa tá kunkôoha.
    They finished that.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  244. 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