Ararahih'urípih
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atafâat maybe

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #740 | revised Oct 07 2014

atafâat • ADV • maybe

Derivation:  áta fâat
maybe what

Source: WB 178.1, p.324

  • atafâat ixúti kíri ni'av. Maybe you're hungry. [Reference: Richardson 1993:13]
  • xás paaxich'îin kunímuusti, xás kunpiip, atafâat iim pihnêefich. And the children looked at him, and they said, "Maybe you're Coyote." [Reference: WB T10.28]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. 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
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  2. xás axmáy vúra kúnish ukéen, xás yíth upíip: " atafâat pihnêefich. ããx, atafâat pihnêefich."
    Then all at once it kind of moved, and one said: "Maybe it's Coyote. Oh, maybe it's Coyote."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. atafâat.
    Perhaps.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  4. kári xás yítha upíip pa'ifápiit, " ããx!" upiip, " ããx! atafâat pihnêefich.
    Then one girl said, "Ugh!" she said, "ugh! maybe it's Coyote.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  5. xás kâakum tá kunpiip, " atafâat uum pihnêefich.
    And some of them said, "Maybe he's Coyote.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  6. atafâat ník vúra pihnêefich."
    Maybe it is Coyote."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. xás kunpiip, " atafâat iim pihnêefich.
    And they said, "Maybe you're Coyote.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  8. xás kunipêer " atafâat íim araraxus'úmaan."
    And they said to him, "Maybe you're a doctor."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text