Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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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]
Sentence examples (21)
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" íshaha"
xaat íim
" kíri ni'ish"?
Do you want water?Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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xaat úm kíri íshaha natêeki!"?
Do you want to drink water?Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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vaa káan xáat uum fikriiptih.
[I put them] there hoping they will be sorted.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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You can't tell, xâat xára ishanpíithva pasárip.
You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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naa vúra punathitíveeshara,
xâat xára kaan kú'uuhyanati,
naa vúra vaa punatákirara fâat vúra pakuchuphúruthunatih.
I won't be able to hear, even if you talk a long time, I won't be able to leach acorn or whatever you're talking about.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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xás achvúun uppiip: "
vaa vúra ôok kunpakkúriihvutiheesh nanipákkuri xáat naa pu'ôokhara."
Then Hookbill said: "They will be singing my song, no matter if I am not here."Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text -
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 -
nuu vúra pakuma'áraaras vúra pufâat úhish ipsháruktihaphanik,
xáat máruk kunifyúkutihanik.
Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text -
xás pee'ípakahaak xáat pananí'aramah ihrôoha."
And when you come back, let my child be (your) wife."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
xás âanxus upêer "
papu'imáan ívahaak xáat paniní'arama ihrôoha."
And she told Weasel, "If you do not die tomorrow, let my child be (your) wife."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
pamâaka nápaathripaahaak xáat vaa kári naní'aramah ihrôoha."
If you throw me into (the corner) uphill, let my child be (your) wife."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
xáat pananí'arama ihrôoha."
Let my daughter be (your) wife."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
kári xás apsunmúnukich upiip, "
payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak,
víri pa'asiktávaan vaa ukupítihaak,
ukitaxríharahitihaak,
xáat káru uxúti '
vúra pu'aapúnmeeshap,'
víri vaa vúra kun'áapunmeesh."
Then Racer said, "When Mankind comes into existence, when a woman does this, when she is unfaithful, even though she thinks they won't find out, they will find out like this."Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text -
víri xáat ithivthaneen'ípan ti'íipma,
vaa káan iparamsíipreevish.
You may go to the end of the earth, (but) you will come back from there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
kári xás upíip pa'asiktávaan "
payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri xáat káru tá kun'íitshur,
víriva vúra upmáheesh paninipákuriha mûuk.
And the woman said, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) may also become abandoned, (but) she will find (her sweetheart) again by means of my song.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
vaa vúra káan uparamsíipreevish,
xáat káru ithivthaneen'ípan tu'íipma."
He will come back from there, (though) he may have gone to the end of the earth."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
kári xás uxus, "
payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak,
víri uum káru vúra vaa ukupheesh,
xáat kâanimich.
And she thought, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) will do this way also, (though) she may be poor.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
paninipákuri u'aapúnmahaak,
víriva vúra ávan uthiinátiheesh,
xáat asiktavankéem."
If she knows my song, she will have a husband, (though) she may be a homely woman."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
púyava pootáyiithharati yíiv vúra tá kun'aramsípriin,
kúnikvárishtih,
xáat káru vikakêemich.
So when she lashed the base of a basket with them, people came from far away, they bought from her, (though) she might be a poor weaver.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text -
tu'iipkúrihar,
" xáat káru ni'iv".
He went to dive in, (thinking), "I may even die."Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text -
káru vúra xáat neehrúuthvahi."
And you may even take me as your slave."Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text