Karuk Dictionary
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yéeshiip best
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7071 | revised Feb 09 2016
yéeshiip • ADJ • best
| Derivation: | yav-'íshiip |
| good-most |
Source: WB 1665.4, p.400; JPH ethno ?:200
- yéeshiip nikupatapkûupahiti. I like him best. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 336]
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naa yéeshiip.
I'm very good.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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iim pa'avahéeshiipheesh.
You will be the best food.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text