Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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áta maybe; I suppose; I wonder.

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #739 | revised Nov 07 2014

áta PCL • maybe; I suppose; I wonder.

Derivatives (5)
atafâat "maybe"
atahárish "always"
atahári "always, all the time, for some time, anytime"
manâa "maybe, perhaps, I don't know"
man'áta "maybe, perhaps, I don't know"

Source: WB 178, p.324

Note: No lengthening of -t-.

  • húuka áta tu'uum. Where, I wonder, has he gone? [Reference: WB G836.1, p.131]
  • hôoy áta toomah, pa'áama. I wonder where he finds it, the salmon? [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 027]


Sentence examples (39)

Include derivatives: yes | no