Ararahih'urípih
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xus / xu- to think, to know, to realize; to feel

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6939 | revised Feb 08 2016

xus / xu- V • to think, to know, to realize; to feel

Derivatives (2)
xusêer "to think (a certain way) about (a person)"
xus'úmaan "shaman, Indian doctor"

Source: WB 1638, p.399

Note: Irregular forms: xúti (durative, with no lengthening of /t/), xusâat (past), xúsaanik (ancient), xusêesh (future). Cf. xúus 'thought'

  • taay uxúti. He's thinking a lot, he has a lot on his mind. [Reference: KV]
  • káruma mít nuxúsaat purakára vúra aapúnmeeshara. And we thought nobody would find out! [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 028]
  • hûut kích ixúti. -vúra kâarim panixúti. How are you feeling? -I'm feeling bad. [Reference: WB T52.52-53]


Sentence examples (267)

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  1. fâat ixútih?
    What are you thinking?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play
  2. atafâat ixúti " kíri ni'am."
    Maybe you think you want to eat something.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play
  3. xas kun'ipêer, "papihníich íp nik nuxusat tharampukayaa'íshara."
    Then one of them said, "Old man, we have been thinking about what a good cook you are!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. chí 'axmay u'árihrishuk nixúti " vinusuná'anamahich."
    Suddenly something ran out. At first I thought it was a little bear cub.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  5. xas chí'axmay uxrúunha xas nixús " pakéevriikshahan xas vúra hôoyvarihva vúra."
    I heard a growl. I thought it must be the mother, but I didn't know where the sound came from.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  6. nixus " áavahar vúra niyêeshriihveesh."
    I thought I might be able to sell them alive.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  7. kári vura nixúti kúkuum vura ikhich nimáhis táay hôoyvurava vaa kâan.
    I still think maybe I'll make a find again somewhere right there.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text
  8. púxay vúraxay naxútihara káan ukyíimeesh.
    I didn't think it (my shot) reached him there.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  9. kári xás nixus "chími kánishfin", ta'ítam nishfíraheen.
    Then I thought I should skin him soon, so I skinned him.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  10. nixuti áta ishánaavish.
    I thought you might bring some [sticks] up.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  11. íp vúra nik nixútihat, kíri nivik ítam, pâanpay tá na'ûuriha.
    I'm always thinking I'll weave, then I get lazy.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. nixúti, hárivarihva sárip nisháankurihat íshahak.
    [The other day] I thought I'd put some sticks in water.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  13. xás nixúti, vaa páy kip Violet ukupíti, the whole thing, vaa too sáankuri, púxay vúra fikríiptihara.
    And I thought, "This is the way Violet does it, the whole thing, she puts it in, she doesn't sort them out."
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  14. naa vúra vaa pay... I just pull out pahûutva nixúti pay koo.
    I just pull out however I think is right.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  15. víri voom péemuustihaak, ixúseesh, mâa vaa pay.
    When you look at it, you'll think, “That's it.”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  16. kóovura nixúti ni'ítapeesh.
    I'm just gonna learn.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  17. naníxvaah níhruuvti, níxus vaa páy ninísheesh.
    I'm using my head, I think, “I'll do like this.”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  18. manâa puxutihara xáy kêechas nihruv.
    Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  19. vaa peemváram kích vaa uum kích nixúti, vaa tákiram.
    All I know about plates is for soaking acorn dough
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  20. uxús: " chími kán'aasish ôok peekmaháchraam."
    He thought: "Let me lie down here, in the sweathouse."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  21. xás uxus: " tîi káruk kanvâarami."
    He thought: "Let me go upriver."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  22. xas uxus: " tîi matêe kanpútyiinkachi páy pa'asayâamachak, vúra uum yâamach pa'as.
    Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  23. vúra pukúnish xutihap hûut, tá kun'áapunma tóo mkuhiruv.
    They paid no attention to him, they knew that he was getting sweltered.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  24. xás uxus: "vúra puna'áveeshara. xáy áas néexrah."
    Then he thought: "I am not going to eat it, I shouldn't get thirsty for water."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  25. kári xás uxus: "tîi yítha kán'ám paxathímtup."
    Then he thought: "Let me eat one of the roasted grasshoppers."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  26. 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
  27. xás uxúsanik: "if táay tá ni'av paxathímtup."
    Then he thought: "What a lot of roasted grasshoppers I have eaten."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  28. xás uxus: "íshaha tá néexra."
    Then he thought: "I am thirsty for water."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  29. xás uxus: " ti kanítnuupnihi'."
    He thought: "I am going to look in!"
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  30. vaa kári xás kunxúti tóo mtup peehêeraha, patá, kunma tóo xváhaha."
    Then they know the tobacco is ripe, when they see it is gummy.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text
  31. uxus xâatik ni'ítap.
    I wanted to learn.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  32. Uxútih, " Neexaychákisheesh paxanchíifich."
    He (the boy) is thinking, "I'll catch the frog."
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  33. Uxútih, " Neexaychákish paxanchíifich."
    He's thinking, "I'll catch the frog."
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  34. Pa'avansáxiich uxútih, " Neexaychákisheesh paxanchíifich."
    The boy is thinking, "I'll catch the frog."
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  35. Ikíich tóo kvúrish tuxus tóo pvâaram.
    Maybe he's gotten tired, he's thinking that he'll go home.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  36. Xás payêem paxanchíifich tóo xus, " Kíri naa káru nipáatveesh."
    And now the frog is thinking, "I want to take a bath, too."
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  37. xás uxuti kunish yíim nîinamich papúufich, xás póo'uum xás vúra uum pufíchkaam.
    And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  38. uxúti nîinamich papúufich káru uum vúra yíiv sáruk xás.
    He thought the deer was small because it was way down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  39. váa vúra uum yíiv xas vaa vúra uxúti íkiich punakúniihkeeshara xás vúra vaa ukúniihka.
    And it was so far away, he thought, maybe I won't get it, but he did shoot it.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  40. fâat ixútih" kíri ni'av"?
    What do you want to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  41. pay vúra uum uxutih iyunyúunhitih.
    He [that one] thinks you are crazy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  42. pûuhara, naa nixúti îikam vúra káan kunihmárathununaatih, xás koovúra vaa vúra yáv kunipmahóonkoonatih.
    No, I think they are running around there outside, they are all feeling happy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  43. naa vúra nixúti yáv panivíiktih.
    I hope I weave well.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  44. fâat ixúti i'áveesh?
    What do you feel like eating?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  45. xasík nupêenti " chími payêem nuxúti kíri gravy núkyav."
    Then we told her we “Now we would like to make gravy.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  46. káru vaa pafâat ixútihaak " kíri nímnish."
    (She told me to cook) whatever I wanted to.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  47. kári xás pahári vúra tá nixusâak kíri pâay níkyav, pananítaat tóo piip" chími man ikyav!"
    Whenever I wanted to make a pie, my mother would tell me, “Go ahead.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  48. naa vúra pu naxútihan, kíri kunikviit-hívath.
    I just didn't want them to put him to sleep.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  49. xás hâari vúra ára puxútihara, víri vúra tóo piip peethvuy.
    Sometimes a person just wasn't thinking, so he said the name.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  50. kári xás uxútih, " tîi kanparíshriihvi.
    And he thought, "Let me twine string!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  51. kári xás uxus, " chími kan'arámsiiprini."
    And he thought, "Let me start out!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  52. xás kári too xus, " puna'ísheeshara."
    And he thought, "I won't drink."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  53. vúra vaa too xus, " puna'ísheeshara, naa ishpúk nikyâantih."
    He thought like that, "I won't drink, I'm going to get money."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  54. kári xás uxus, " payêem vúra ni'ísheesh pasaamvároo nimahaak."
    And he thought, "Now I'll drink when I see a creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  55. too xus, " ni'ísheesh pakáan ni'uumáhaak."
    He thought, "I'll drink when I get there."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  56. kári xás uxus, " vúra tá íiv nimáhavrik."
    And he thought, "I can't stand it."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  57. kári xás uxus, " púya íf tá néexrah."
    And he thought, "How thirsty I am!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  58. xás uxus, " kíri páy kári vaa ni'ish."
    And he thought, "I wish I could drink that."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  59. kári xás kúkuum too xus, " hôoy íf ni'uumêesh."
    And again he thought, "I can't reach it."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  60. xás uxus, " tîi kúuk kaníkfuukmi."
    And he thought, "Let me crawl to it."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  61. kári xás uxus, " ii! vúra tá puná'uumara, vúra íshaha tá néexrah."
    And he thought, "Oh, I can't reach it, I'm really thirsty."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  62. ii! xás uxus, " chími vaa kan'îishi peeshkéesh."
    Oh, he thought, "Let me drink from the river!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  63. xás uxus, " púya íf kâarim tá nikúupha, pachími ísheesh.
    And he thought, "How bad I do, being about to drink water.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  64. xás uxus, " vúra puna'ísheeshara astíipich."
    And he thought, "I won't drink right by the bank."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  65. kári xás papishpíshi uxus, " tîi páy kan'am.
    And the yellowjacket thought, "Let me eat this."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  66. kári xás uxús papihnêefich " tîi kányuuphi.
    And Coyote thought, "Let me open my eyes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  67. kunxus, " uknamxánahich chími nu'íhukanveesh."
    They thought, "We'll go flower-dance at uknamxánahich."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  68. kári xás kári uxus, " tîi kányuuphi, apapíichyuupich."
    And (Coyote) thought, "Let me open my eyes, just one little eye."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  69. kári xás uxúsaanik " chími káruk ishpúk kanikyâan kahyúras."
    And he thought, "Let me go upriver to get money at Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  70. xás uxúti " tîi kanpakatkâatih."
    And he thought, "Let me taste it!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  71. xás uxúti " eee! naa nipêesh ' pihnêefich ôok uvúrayvutiheen.'
    And he thought, "Ah, I'll bet Coyote has been around here!
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  72. 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
  73. xás uxúti " tîi matée kóomahich kan'ífapvi paxathímtas.
    And he thought, "Let me pick up a few roasted grasshoppers for a moment!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  74. kári xás uxúti " hûut áta kúth papunayâavahitihara."
    And (after he had eaten them), he thought "I wonder why I'm not getting full?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  75. xás uxúti " naa nixúti ' ífuthkam napávyiihrishuktih pani'áamti.'"
    And he thought, "I think they're coming out of me in the rear as I eat."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  76. xás uxús " chími panini'afupchúrax chími kanipshivshâapi."
    And he thought, "Let me seal up my anus."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  77. xás uxús " púya páy uum, payêem uum nayâavaheesh.
    And he thought, "There, now I'll get full.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  78. xás uxúti " nixúti ' chími ni'uumêesh kahyúras.'"
    And he thought, "I think I'm about to reach Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  79. xás uxúti " chími ni'uumêesh kahyúras."
    And he thought, "I'm about to reach Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  80. púyava uxús " payêem vúra puna'ípaveeshara paxathímtas.
    So he thought, "Now I won't eat roasted grasshoppers again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  81. xás uxúti " vúra puna'ísheeshara ishkéesh'aas."
    And he thought, "I won't drink river water."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  82. xás uxúti " xâatik vúra ni'ish, peeshkéesh'aas.
    And he thought, "Let me drink the river water.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  83. kári xás uxús " vaa pay'ôok xasík íshaha ni'ísheesh."
    And he thought, "Here I will drink water."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  84. xás pihnêefich uxús " chími ahupyâamach kanpárihish.
    And Coyote thought, "Let me become a pretty stick!
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  85. víri vaa kunkupítih, pa'asiktávaansa kunxúti " kíri nutururípan pa'áhup."
    They were doing that, the women were trying to hook out the sticks.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  86. káruma uum pihnêefich uxúti " xáy kanátaatripaa."
    Coyote was thinking, "Let them not hook me out."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  87. kári xás uxús " chími kanipthívruuhsun."
    And he thought, "Let me float away!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  88. " eee!" xás uxúti pihnêefich " yáas naa nixúti ' tá nishíinvar.'"
    "Ah," Coyote thought then, "now I think I've drowned."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  89. uxúti " tîi kanpakatkâati papatúmkir."
    And he thought, "Let me taste the pillows!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  90. xás uxús " chími kaníchunvi."
    And he thought, "Let me hide!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  91. kári xás kunpíip " naa nixúti ' pihnêefich ôokninay uvúrayvutih.'
    And they said, "I think Coyote is wandering around here.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  92. kári xás uxúti pihnêefich " nanithívthaaneen tá kunchuphúruthun."
    And Coyote thought, "They're talking about my country."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  93. súva ník asámyiith uxákeesh, ixusêesh ' tá nupávyiihma.'
    You will hear gravel sound, you will know we have arrived.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  94. xás uxús pihnêefich " tîi kanitníshuk."
    And Coyote thought, "Let me look out!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  95. xás uxús " chí kan'îishi."
    And he thought, "Let me drink!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  96. pihnêefich uxus, " tîi kahyúras kanvâarami, ishpúk kanikyáan."
    Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes, let me go get money."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  97. kári xás uxus, " tîi yíth kanpíkyav pananíshaanva."
    And he thought, "Let me get a different suit of clothes."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  98. kári xás uxus, " tîi kan'ám yítha."
    Then he thought, "Let me eat one."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  99. xás uxus, " hûut kumá'ii papunayâavahitihara."
    And he thought, "Why am I not getting full?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  100. kári xás uxus, " tîi kanpakatkâati."
    Then he thought, "Let me taste them."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  101. kári xás uxus, " íshaha tá néexrah."
    And he thought, "I'm thirsty."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  102. " payêem vúra yiimúsich vúra nikvíripshipreevish," uxus.
    "Now I'll break into a run just close to it," he thought.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  103. kári xás uxus, " payêem nanikútrahar nipaathkúriheesh."
    And he thought, "Now I'll throw my coat in the water."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  104. kári xás kunpiip, " naa nixúti ' upíti " tá yúrukheen."'"
    And they said, "I think he says he's already downriver."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  105. xás uxus, " tîi kanitníshukvi."
    And (Coyote) thought, "Let me look out!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  106. uknîi. pihnêefich " kahyúras" uxus, " tîi kanvâarami."
    uknîi. Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  107. xás uxus, " íf yâamach pamupákurih.
    And he thought, "His song is really pretty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  108. xás uxus, " tîi kanípuunvi.
    And he thought, "Let me rest.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  109. uxus, " íf tá na'ûuri panipakurîihvutih.
    He thought, "I'm really tired of singing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  110. xás uxus, " pananipákurih kanpárihish."
    And he thought, "Let me sing my (own) song again."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  111. xás tá kunxús " kíri kun'ípak."
    Then (people) thought, "Let them come back!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  112. naa nixúti ' vúra nishkákuniheesh.'
    I think I'll jump down."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  113. kári xás uxús " hûut áta nikupeepvûunihaheesh."
    Then he thought, "How ever am I to get back down (to earth)?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  114. kári xás uxús " chími vúra kan'asimchâaki."
    Then he thought, "Let me just close my eyes!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  115. uxús " tîi kankanmahvanáyviichvan."
    He thought, "Let me go look around, just for fun."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  116. íim êev hûum kích ixútih."
    What do you think, dear?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  117. xás upiip " ii! naa êev káru vúra vaa nixútih."
    And she said, "Alas, dear, I think so too."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  118. hínu páy uum ithyáruk tóo kvíriproov, káruma uum kunxútih " tóo síinvar."
    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  119. uxútih, " kumâam úkrii, pakúusrah."
    He thought, "The sun is just uphill from here."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text
  120. xás uxútih, " vaa tá káan úkrii, pakúusrah."
    He thought, "The sun's right there."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text
  121. kári xás kunxútih, " chími núthtiitvunaa."
    And they thought, "Let's gamble."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  122. xás uxus, " hûut tá ná'iin."
    And he thought, "What's wrong with me?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  123. kári xás uxútih " hûut yáxa tá ná'iin."
    And he thought, "Look, what's wrong with me?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  124. xás uxus, " tîi kanpútyiinkachi."
    And he thought, "Let me defecate on it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  125. kári xás uxus, " íf yâamach.
    And he thought, "It's really pretty!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  126. kári xás ta'ítam uxus, " chími kan'am."
    And he thought, "Let me eat it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  127. xás uxús " xâatik nipêer ' chími yárarahi.
    And he thought, "Let me tell her, 'Get married!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  128. xás pâanpay xás uxús " naa nixúti ' napikshayvûunishti,' yukún koovúra vaa umúsahiti panunú'uup, káru uum vúra vaa umúsahiti panini'áka.
    Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me, everything looks like our things, and he looks just like my father."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  129. kári xás pihnêefich uxús, " púxay vúra vaa kupítiheeshara."
    And Coyote thought, "They can't do that."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  130. kári xás uxús, " chími kanimúsan."
    And he thought, "Let me go see."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  131. kári xás kunxús pa'asiktávaansas, " hôoy uum poo'aramsîiprivtihirak.
    Then the women thought, "Where is it that he comes from?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  132. xás uxús " tîi káan kanvunáyviichvan.
    And he thought, "Let me go look around there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  133. xás uxús " hûut pánikupheesh.
    And he thought, "What shall I do?
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  134. pakéevniikich uxúti " pookreemyáhahaak uthivtífuniheesh.
    The old woman thought, "When the wind blows, it will blow him down.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  135. púyava patóo xus " tá kanachífich," kári pamutêenva tóo syuunkiv.
    And when she thought, "I've been beaten," then she pulled off her earrings.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  136. kári xás uxus " tîi kanimúsan."
    And he thought, "Let me go see her!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  137. xás vúra ii! xáas vúra ukyívuni pamupíkvas, tóo xus, " ii! tu'iv."
    Then alas! his headdress-feather would almost fall, she would think, "Alas, he's dead!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  138. víri vaa nixútih, ' kíri ni'axaychákish.'"
    I am thinking, 'Let me catch him!'"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  139. xás âanaxus uxus, " kêemachkoos."
    And Weasel thought, "Poor fellows!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  140. xás uxus, " chími kanikyav, xuskáamhar."
    And he thought, "Let me make a bow."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  141. pavúra ixusáhaak, ' kúnish chí kaneeykáreesh vúra,' ikpêehveesh ík.
    Whenever you think they are sort of about to kill you, you must shout.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  142. (. . .) xás uxus, " chími ni'íveesh."
    (Weasel was again sent by an old man to fight a monster. The monster was getting the better of Weasel.) And he thought, "I'm going to die."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  143. víri íp nuxúsaat ' vaa kukupá'aapunmaheesh,' vaa íp kúth panupaathrámnihat pa'ásipak."
    We thought you would know it in that way, that's why we threw them in the baskets."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  144. xás uxús " tîi kanimnîishi.
    Then he thought, "Let me cook it!
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  145. xás pa'asiktávaan uxús " naa nixúti ' kin'áhachakutih.'"
    And the woman thought, "I think he's holding out on us."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  146. naa nixúti ' kin'áhachakutih.'"
    I think he's holding out on us."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  147. xás uxús " paniinamichtâapas kaníkfuukiraa."
    And he thought, "Let me grab the littlest one."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  148. xás " payítha" kúna uxús " níkfuukiraa."
    And he thought, "I'm grabbing the other one."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  149. kári xás uxús pamukúntaat " hûut áta kúth pa'ípun vúra kích tu'avíkvuti patu'ípakahaak."
    And (the children's) mother thought, "Why, I wonder, is he carrying only the tail when he returns?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  150. kári xás uxús " chími kanmáhi."
    And she thought, "Let me watch him."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  151. kári xás uxús " áta úkviit-hitih."
    And he thought, "I guess she's asleep."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  152. kári xás uxús " miník áta tóo kviit-ha."
    So he thought, "I guess she's asleep, all right."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  153. kári xás pa'ûumukich u'uum, kári xás uxús " hûut kúth papukana'aachichhîivriktihara."
    Then when he got near, then he thought, "Why aren't they happy to see me?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  154. víri vaa kuthítiimtiheesh, pánaa kâarim tá nixus, peeshviripshúruk poofyúkutihat, yakún na vaa peeshvírip."
    You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  155. xás uxús " tishráam kanvâarami."
    And he thought, "Let me go to Scott Valley."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  156. xás uxús " chími kankúniihki."
    And he thought, "Let me shoot her!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  157. xás uxútih, " tá natayvárarimka panani'íin."
    And he thought, "She's spoiled my falls."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text
  158. púyava póopvaavruk á'iknêechhan tishravará'iivreen uxus, " hûut áta u'íinati panani'íin.
    So when Duck Hawk looked down over Etna Mountain, he thought, "I wonder what's wrong with my falls?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  159. púyava patóo xus, " miník kóo ník patá kana'íshavsip," púyava kári xás tu'aráriihkanha.
    Then when she thought they had paid her enough in fees, then (the patient) would get well.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  160. pakunxútih " kíri nu'áapunma ' hûut kumá’ii pakunyíkihiti' " púyava kári xás kunpíkav xánkiit.
    When they thought, "Let's find out why they are sick," then they summoned Bullhead.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  161. yaxéek vúra nik kunxúseesh ' xuntápan tu'ífar.'
    They'll know (lit., think) that Tan Oak Acorn has come to grow.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  162. hôoy íf yaxéek yaas'ara'îin kunxúseesh húut.'"
    Mankind won't think (about her) in any way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  163. xás itháan pakun'ípak, xás úpeenvunaa pamutunvêech " papuna'ípakahaak kuxúseesh ' tá neeykáraheen.'"
    And once when they returned, (Deer) told her little ones, "If I don't come back, you will know (lit., think) that she's killed me."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  164. kári xás uxúti pakachakâach " hûut áta kumá'ii pa'ípat múxuun kích kúnish poopátatih."
    And Blue Jay thought, "I wonder why he sort of eats only Doe's acorn soup?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  165. kári xás uxus, " tîi kanmáhi hûut áta pookupeekyâahitih."
    And she thought, "Let me see how she makes it!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  166. kári xás uxús kachakâach " tîi kantharampûuki."
    Then Blue Jay thought, "Let me make acorn soup!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  167. kári xás uxús páchishii, " hôoy íf vaa páy pánukupheesh."
    And Dog thought, "We can't do it like this."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  168. xás uxus, " hûut áta pánikupheesh."
    And he thought, "How ever shall I do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  169. xás kári uxus, " tîi máruk kanvâarami."
    And he thought, "Let me go uphill."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  170. kári xás uxus, " hûut áta paninísheesh."
    And he thought, "How shall I do with it, I wonder?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  171. xás uxus, " chími kanipvâarami."
    And he thought, "Let me go back home."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  172. yee! xás uxútih, " hûut áta pánikupheesh."
    Well, then he thought, "How ever shall I do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  173. kári xás uxús papirishkâarim. " púya íf yâamach poo'iikívtih.
    And Grizzly thought, "My, he's really wearing a pretty necklace!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  174. papirishkâarim tá kuníkfuukiraa yuuxmachmahánach, uxus, " kíri ni'ax."
    Grizzly (in her death throes) grabbed at Lizard, she thought, "Let me kill him!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  175. upíip " naa nixútih tá kanapápivaruk.
    He said, "I think they're coming to look for me."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  176. chavúra kun'áapunma, hínupa êeth, hínupa uxúti, " tá taay, kíri pácheech ni'av."
    Finally they found out, there it was Slug, there he thought, "There's a lot, let me eat it by myself!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  177. 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
  178. xás kári pa'asiktávaan kunxus, " tîi vaa káan nusôomvan."
    And the women thought, "Let's go offer ourselves in marriage there!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  179. kári xás vírusur uxus, " tîi naa káru."
    And Bear thought, "Let me (go) too!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  180. ithyarukpíhriiv u'árihroov, uxus, " tîi káruk kanvâarami."
    Across-the-Water Widower went upriver, he thought, "Let me go upriver!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  181. xás kári uxútih, " yee! fâat yáxa.
    And he thought, "Well, look! What is it?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  182. xás uxus, " yée naa, íf tá nakúha."
    And he thought, "Say, it really hurts me!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  183. xás uxútih, " íf kúkuum tá nakúha."
    And he thought, "It really hurts me again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  184. kári xás tóo piip, " mán vúra naa vaa kári xás tá nixus, ' chími kan'ápivan panipâanveesh.'
    And he said, "Why, I thought I would go look for something to paint my face with.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  185. xás kunxús " nuu káru vaa tîi núkuuphi."
    And they thought, "Let us do that too!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  186. xás araramvanyupsítanach uxus, " xáyfaat vaa nipiip, " tóo piip, " ípahak kích panimáahti pá'aax."
    and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  187. kári xás pa'asiktávaan uxús " ii! ninikeechíkyav.
    And the woman thought, "Oh, my sweetheart!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  188. " ii! tá nasáyriihva" tóo xus.
    "Oh, I'm lonesome!" she thought.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  189. kári xás uxús " man'áta pákuri nikyâavish.
    And she thought, "Maybe I'll make a song.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  190. vaa uxús " vaa xasík vúra panikupeepmáhaheesh."
    She thought, "That way I'll see him again."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  191. patupíkyaar poochiihvîichvuti kári xás peekxuraráhaan uxús " ii! tá nasáyriihva.
    When she finished singing her love song, then Evening Star thought, "Oh, I'm lonesome!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  192. kári xás uxus, " ii! tîi naa káru kan'ûupvan."
    And she thought, "Oh, let me go dig roots too!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  193. víri peekxariya'ifápiitsha tá kunpiip, " íf uxútih ' nitâatrupraveesh.'"
    The spirit girls said, "She really thinks she's going to dig up something!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  194. 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
  195. kári xás uxúsaanik kahyuras'afishríhan.
    Then Klamath Lakes Young Man thought (about it).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  196. xás uxús " tîi kanvâarami."
    And he thought, "Let me go there!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  197. uxús " naa káru ikxaréeyav."
    He thought, "I'm a spirit too."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  198. xás uxús " hûut áta nikupheesh."
    And he thought, "How shall I do, I wonder?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  199. kári xás ta'ítam uxús " chími kanvâarami ôok ithivthanéen'aachip."
    And so he thought, "Let me go there (lit., here) to the middle of the world."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  200. kári xás uxús " chími kan'ípahoo."
    And he thought, "Let me go on."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  201. káan xás uxús " chími ôok ikxurarahíram kaníkyav."
    There he thought, "Let me make camp here!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  202. kári xás uxús kahyuras'afishríhan " hûut áta ník níniishvunaa."
    And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "How ever shall I do with them?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  203. kári xás uxúsaanik kahyuras'afishríhan " yaas'ára nanipírish tu'aapúnmahaak, yaas'ára káru vúra vaa ukupheesh."
    And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "If Mankind knows my medicine, Mankind will do this way also."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  204. xás kunxus, " chími nusôomkir."
    And they thought, "Let's offer ourselves in marriage!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  205. xás uxúti ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav, uxús " naa vúra naní'iish 1 pu'axvíthinheeshara."
    And Sacred Sweathouse Spirit thought, he thought, "My body will not become unclean."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  206. kári xás uxus, " xâatik tápas nikyáavunaa."
    And he thought, "Let me take care of them."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  207. xás uxúti " hûut áta tá kunkúupha."
    And he thought, "I wonder what they're doing?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  208. xás uxus, " tîi kanpimúsanvunaa."
    And he thought, "Let me go to see them again!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  209. xás uxúti " húuk áta tá kun'uum, paninihrôohas."
    And he thought, "I wonder where my wives have gone?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  210. xás uxús " miník ni'aapúnmeesh ' húuk áta patá kun'uum.'"
    And he thought, "I'll find out where they've gone, all right."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  211. xás uxúti " ikxaréeyav u'árihraa."
    And he thought, "A spirit is coming up."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  212. xás kunípeenti ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav " hûut kích ixútih."
    And (the person) said to Sacred Sweathouse Spirit, "How are you feeling?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  213. xás upiip, " vúra kâarim panixútih.
    And he said, "I'm feeling bad.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  214. xás upiip, " ník vaa nixúti ' tée kúupha.'"
    And (the other) said, "I know you are doing that."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  215. kári xás uxus, ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav, " púya chími ikxáramhi."
    Then Sacred Sweathouse Spirit thought, "Well, let it get dark!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  216. peekxarám'aachip tuvâamyuv, xás uxus, " chími kanvâarami."
    When midnight had passed, then he thought, "Let me go!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  217. kári xás uxus, " chími kanfúmtaapsur."
    And he thought, "Let me blow."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  218. xás uxús " vaa ník chími kanipvâaram."
    And he thought, "Let me go back home!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  219. xás uxus, " kaanvári niptaxarápishriheesh nanitaxyêemak."
    And he thought, "I'll stride back there into my yard."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  220. kári xás uxúsaanik ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav, " yaas'ara'îin tana'apúnmiikahaak, yaas'ára káru vaa ukupheesh."
    And Sacred Sweathouse Spirit thought, "If Mankind has learned it from me, Mankind will do so too."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  221. xás uxús " kíri kinpíychaak pamutúnviiv."
    And he wished that his children would have bad luck.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  222. kári xás kunxus, " xâatik nupêerunpa."
    Then they thought, "Let's die!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  223. kári xás uxúsaanik, " yaas'ara'îin tá na'apúnmiikahaak, víri yaas'ára káru vúra vaa ukupheesh."
    Then (the father) thought, "If Mankind has learned it from me, Mankind will do this way too."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  224. kári xás uxus, " máva aaníhich tá kunchífich."
    And he thought, "Look, big brother's getting beaten."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  225. kári xás uxus, " hûut nikupheesh."
    And he thought, "What shall I do?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  226. ta'ítam uxúsanik peekpihantâapas, " tîi xákaan núvuunvi."
    So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  227. kári xás uxus, " hûut nikuupheesh.
    And he thought, "What shall I do?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  228. 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
  229. xás ithâan kumamáh'iit uxus, " ithyáruk kanvâarami.
    And one morning he thought, "Let me go across-river!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  230. xás uxus, " tîi ithyáruk kanpimúsan pa'ifápiit."
    He thought, "Let me go across to see the girl again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  231. xás uxus, " hôoy áta kuniyaarámootih, patóo kxurarahaak."
    And he thought, "I wonder where they always go when evening comes?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  232. xás uxus, " tîi kanimúsan."
    And he thought, "Let me go see!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  233. xás uxus, " tîi kanpikvátan pananípaah."
    And he thought, "Let me go get my boat!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  234. uxus, " xáy kunmah."
    He thought, "Let them not see it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  235. xás yáas uxus, " chími naa káru kanípviitshun."
    So then he thought, "Let me paddle away again too!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  236. xás kunipéer, " háriva peemáhaak ' pasáhyuux aas kích' ixúseesh, ' tá kunpiyâaramaheen.'"
    And they told him, "Whenever you see that the sand is wet, you will know that we've gone again."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  237. xás uxus, " tîi kan'ixupsúroo, pasípnuuk."
    And he thought, "Let me uncover the storage baskets!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  238. xás uxus, " chími pananívaas kaníkyav."
    And he thought, "Let me make my blanket!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  239. xás uxus, " tîi ithyáruk patapríha'ifápiit kanimúsan."
    And he thought, "Let me go across river to see the patapríhak girl!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  240. kári xás uxus, " tá nakúha, xâatik vúra nipváruprav."
    And she said, "I'm sick, let me go out!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  241. xás uxús " tîi máruk chinach'ásak kánpaathkirihi paninisárum.
    And she thought, "Let me throw my pine-roots in the water, uphill at Big Rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  242. xás pooxús, " máruk kanvâarami".
    And he thought, “Let me go uphill!”
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  243. xás uxús " húuka áta tu'uum."
    And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  244. yáas uxúti " naa nixúti ' tá kun'ípas.'"
    Then she thought, "I think he's been taken."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  245. xás pa'avansáxiich uxús " fâat áta kúth pávaa kanéepeentih."
    And the boy thought, "I wonder why I was told that?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  246. kári xás ithâan ávansa uxus, " tîi kanikrûuntih."
    And once a man thought, "Let me wait (for her)!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  247. kári xás uxus, " tá ná'aathva kip nusúmahtih."
    And (the one who remained) thought, "I'm afraid; we've been hearing some noise."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  248. kári xás uxus, " tîi sáruk kanvâarami impaak."
    And she thought, "Let me go downhill on the path!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  249. kári xás uxus, " tîi kantharampûuki."
    And she thought, "Let me cook acorn soup!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  250. " kíri kunxús ' taayvávan panu'áraarahitih.'"
    "Let them think we are a lot of people!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  251. kunxúti " as."
    (The Indians) thought they were rocks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  252. xás kári íshaha tá kuníyvaayramni pakóo kunxúti " u'úumeesh."
    And they poured in water, as much as they thought would go.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text
  253. púyava xákaan vúra patá kunxús " kíri nutâatsip."
    Both (men) thought, "Let's toss it!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  254. kunxúti " xáy peekxariya'áraar úkviit-ha."
    They thought, "Let the priest not fall asleep!"
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text
  255. puxích kúnish upáthriihtih, víri puxútihap " kíri nupêer paaxíitichas ' ôok kóova nu'am.'"
    It's sort of raining hard, so they don't want to ask the (neighbor's) children to eat here with them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text
  256. naa nixúti " Herbert u'aahkôoti patáhpuus."
    I think Herbert is burning fir boughs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full text
  257. íi, kári xás kunxus, " púya íf puxích too kúha, kíri xuus kun'uum."
    And they were thinking that she's really sick, that she needs to get doctored.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  258. vaa uxúti pakúusrah hôoy tu'aramsîiprivtih.
    He's wondering where the sun comes from.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  259. xás uxútih kíri vaa káan ni'uum, pakáan kúusrah hôoy u'aramsîiprivtih.
    He's thinking he wants to go there, where the sun comes from.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  260. payêem vúra hôoyva u'aramsîiprivtih pu'aapunmuti uxúti kumâam vúra upíip poo'aramsîiprivtih.
    He doesn't even know where it comes from, he was thinking it just came from up in the hill there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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