Karuk Dictionary
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xaat of permissive meaning, often translated as "may, even if"
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6734 | revised Nov 14 2005
xaat • PCL • of permissive meaning, often translated as "may, even if"
Derivatives (2)
xâatik "it's better that ...; one should ...; let ...; so be it! Expresses a weak desire; often translated 'let ...' ; as a predication by itself, 'so be it!'"
xâatikha "to let things go"
Source: WB 1607, p.397
- xáat napíkcha. He may take my picture. [Reference: KV]
- nuu vúra pakuma'áraaras vúra pufâat úhish ipsháruktihaphanik, xáat máruk kunifyúkutihanik. Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I don't care if they'd been going around upslope. [Reference: TK 65.37]
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