Ararahih'urípih
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xákaan both; together (with one other person)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6756 | revised Jan 27 2016

xákaan ADV • both; together (with one other person)

Derivation áxak-aan
two-Agentive

Derivatives (15; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1586, p.396

  • víri akâay vúra xákaan kunvúnveesh. So who will wrestle with him? [Reference: WB T55.4]
  • fâat áta xákaan panupkêevishriheesh. I wonder what I am going to be transformed along with. [Reference: TK 67.12]


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  1. xákaan chôora!
    Let's go together!
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play
  2. víri vaa mu'íffuth pirishkyâarim ta 'íp uum máruk, kúkkuum kári vaa kunkúpha'anik peekxaréeyav, atipimámvaan achvúun xákkaan kunváththêen'nik.
    Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  3. yánava xákaan vúra teemúutaras.
    Behold they were in a family way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  4. pamupírish vúra pu'ivrárasurutihara, sákriivsha pamúpsii, ípam kunish pamupirish'ápsii, xákaan u'ifshúrootihirak sákriivsha.
    The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  5. pay'ôok xákaan nuchúuphitih.
    We are talking right here.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  6. pa'ápsuun káru pa'áan xákaan vúra yav.
    The snake is as long as the rope. (The snake and the rope are both good)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  7. Pay'ôok uum xákaan kun'íin pa'avansáxiich káru pachishiih.
    In this one here they're both sitting, the boy and dog.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  8. manâa naa mít káru nîinamich itíhaan áhup nukyâati, pananitípa xákaan, áhup núkpaakti.
    Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  9. cháva tá xánahishich yánava xákaan vúra tá kunímuutaraha.
    Sure enough, in a little while they saw they were both pregnant.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  10. káan pihnêefich úkrii, muyeeripáxvu xákaan kun'iin, muhrôoha támit u'ívat.
    Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  11. chôora nupxákaanpi payêem."
    Let's go back together now."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  12. pathufkírik muhrôoha xákaan kun'íinanik.
    Owl and his wife lived together.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  13. xás aseeshtákak poopitvâavnuk mâam páykuuk umah, tá kunpífukraa mú'arama xákaan.
    And when he looked over at aseeshtákak, he saw here right there uphill, she and her child were climbing uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text
  14. xákaan vúra kuníkyeehiti poo'áveesh, áxak vúra upátati paxuun
    They both made for him what he was to eat, he ate two (servings of) acorn soup.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  15. ayu'âach pa'ifápiit tée p xákaan kunikvéeshrihat.
    It is because he spent the night with the girl.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  16. akráa chámuxich xákaan kuníthtit.
    Eel and Sucker gambled together.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text
  17. káruma ôok ithivthanéen'aachip xasík xákaan puráan kunipmáheesh.
    The fact was, they were both going to see each other again here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  18. kári xás kunpiip, asaxêevar veekxaréeyav, " xákaan chími kunímthaatveesh."
    And they said, Baldy Peak Spirit (said), "Let's play shinny together!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  19. muchíshii vúra xákaan kun'íifship.
    He and his dog grew up together.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  20. asaxêevar veekxaréeyam mú'arama xákaan tá kun'îimasar.
    He and Baldy Peak Spirit's child grabbed each other (preparatory to play).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  21. ta'ítam uksáheen pamaruk'áraar, uxus, " íf nîinamich paxákaan nuvúunveesh."
    And the giant laughed, he thought, "He's really small for us to wrestle together!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  22. asiktávaan mukeechíkyav xákaan vúra puxích puráan tá kuntápkuuputih.
    A woman and her sweetheart loved each other very much.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  23. xás xákaan kunpiin.
    And they lived together again.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  24. xás námpaan nuxákaanha.
    Then I myself went with him.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text
  25. pa'ávansa muhrôo xákaan káan kun'iruvêehriv.
    The man and his wife are standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text