Ararahih'urípih
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vishtar / vishtan- to like, to want (food)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6580 | revised Jan 14 2016

vishtar / vishtan- • V • to like, to want (food)

Derivatives (2)
vishtáninuv "to be greedy"
vishtar "favorite food"

Source: WB 1556, p.395

Note: Also applied to tobacco (TK 183.3).

  • naa pananíxuun túus nivíshtaanti. I like my acorn soup thick. [Reference: KV]
  • pâanpay takunishxêeh, xás tákun'av, xás takunvíshtar. After a while (the women) gave them some, and (the people) ate it and they liked it. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 006]

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  1. navíshtaanti áayas.
    I like grapes.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. xas upakúriihva "súnunuk á-ni-nak ki-yánee náa puváfish navishtantihara,
    And he started singing, "In secret...Tra-la-la...I don't like liver.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. kári xás hinupáy uvíshtaanti sunyithih'ásar.
    Because he liked chestnut mush.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  4. 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

  5. vúra tuvíshtar.
    He liked 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

  6. víshtaantih.
    (You) like it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text
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  7. páy úm ivíshtaantih?
    Do you like this?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text
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  8. fâat kuma'ávah peevíshtaantih?
    What kind of food do you like to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  9. áama úm ivíshtaantih?
    Do you like salmon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  10. hãã áama nivíshtaantih.
    Yes, I like salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  11. hãã naa áama karu nivíshtaantih.
    Yes, I also like salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  12. ivíshtaantih húm pa'ákraah?
    Do you like eels?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  13. arará'ish nivíshtaantih.
    I like to drink the indian drink.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  14. naa yúfish nivíshtaantih.
    I like salt.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  15. papufích'iish úm ivíshtaantih?
    Do you like deer meat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  16. uum papufich'íish uvíshtaantih.
    He likes deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  17. uxraah nivíshtaantih.
    I like berries.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  18. iim uxraah ivíshtaantih?
    Do you like berries?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  19. púun nivíshtaantih.
    I like cherries.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  20. akvaat húm ivíshtaantih?
    Do you like (to eat) raccoon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  21. tá navíshtar.
    I like it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  22. fâat ivíshtaantih, musmús'iish káru nakísh'iish?
    What do you want, beef or pork?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  23. naa musmús'iish nivíshtáantih.
    I like beef.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  24. úchish húm ivíshtaantih?
    Do you like milk?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  25. 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

  26. yánava upítih, " cháfich kích navíshtaantih."
    They saw he was saying, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  27. vaa ukupapakurîihvahitih, " cháfich kích navíshtaantih."
    He was singing that, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  28. xás papihnîich vaa vúra upakurîihvutih, " cháfich kích navíshtaantih."
    And the old man was singing that way, "I just want a bone to chew on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text