Ararahih'urípih
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xúriha / xúrihi- to be hungry

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lexicon ID #6924 | revised Jun 09 2023

xúriha / xúrihi- • V • to be hungry

Derivatives (4)
xúnihanach "woman's name, Mary Sneaden"
xuniháyaachha "to be very hungry"
xúriha "hunger"
xúrihar "woman's name"

Source: WB 1635, p.398

Note: First person sg. subject can be na- or ni-, e.g. tanaxúriha or tanixúriha 'I'm hungry'. Cf. xuun 'acorn soup ; acorn mush' .

  • teexúrihahum. Are you hungry? [Reference: KV]
  • xás vúra tooxúriha pihnêefich. And Coyote was hungry. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 130]

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  1. tóo xúriha.
    He's hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  2. tóo xúriha.
    He's hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  3. uum tóo xúriha
    He's hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  4. tá naxúriha naa.
    I am hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  5. naa tá naxúriha.
    I am hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  6. naa vúra tá naxúriha puxích.
    I am really hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  7. naa vúra punaxúrihitihara.
    I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  8. máh’iit íp naxúrihitihat payêem uum punaxúrihitihara.
    I was hungry this morning, but now I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  9. máh’iit naxúrihitihat.
    I was hungry this morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  10. máh’iit íp naxúrihitihat.
    I was hungry this morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  11. payêem uum punaxúrihitihara.
    Now I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  12. teexúriha hum?
    Are you hungry?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  13. iim káru teexúriha.
    You are hungry, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  14. íkiich tée xúriha.
    Maybe you are hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  15. tá naxúriha.
    I am hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  16. punaxúrihitihara.
    I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  17. iimkun tá kuxúriha?
    Are you guys hungry?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  18. tá kuxúriha hum?
    Are you guys hungry?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  19. tée xúriha hum?
    Are you hungry?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  20. íkiich tóo xúriha.
    Maybe she's hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  21. papúsihich vúra uum tóo xúriha, vúra uum taay u'áveesh.
    The cat is really hungry and is going to eat a lot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about a cat (VS-34b) | read full text
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  22. tóo xúriha.
    He's hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about a cat (VS-34b) | read full text
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  23. teexúriha hum?
    Are you hungry?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  24. vúra kúnish tá naxúriha.
    I'm sort of hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  25. oo, vúra uum puxich tá naxúriha.
    I am really hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  26. hãã, vúra puxich tá naxúriha.
    Yes, I am really hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  27. kóova tu'áxaska, tóo xúriha.
    He was so thin, he was hungry.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  28. xás vúra tóo xúriha pihnêefich.
    And Coyote was hungry.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  29. xás vúra tóo xúriha.
    And he got hungry.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  30. xás vúra tóo xúriha.
    And he was hungry.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  31. kári xás upiip, " tá naxúriha.
    And he said, "I'm hungry.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  32. xás vaa uum tá kunxúrihinaa.
    And they were hungry.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  33. ayu'âach vúra uum tá naxúriha."
    It's because I'm hungry."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  34. púyava vaa tá kunxúriha páaxiich.
    The children were hungry.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  35. xás yaas'ara'îin kunipêer " iim kumá'ii pa'ára u'íinahaak i'áamtiheeshap, vaa kúth puharíxay xúrihitiheesh.
    Then Man told her, "For your sake, when people exist, they will eat you, because of that they will never hunger.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  36. púyava kári xás koovúra kumakeemishatunvêechas tá kunxúrihinaa, aayâach púfaat papúufich ôok kumeethívthaaneen.
    So then all the little wild animals were hungry, it was because there was no deer meat in this world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  37. nuu tá nuxúrihinaa káru tá núkviitha.
    We're hungry and we're sleeping.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  38. ishrívaansas tá kunxúrihinaa, yáas kun'áamtih.
    The target-shooters got hungry, then they ate.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text