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

Vina Smith: Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (2012)

Primary participant: Vina Smith (speaker)
Date: 2012
Project identifier: VS-25
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded on March 30, 2012 by Line Mikkelsen, Clare Sandy, and Kayla Carpenter)

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[1] áxak    pa-mu-píxuumvar   
two    the-3sPOSS-stocking   
She has two socks.
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[2] iim    púfaat    mi-tikakvánaach   
2sg.    nothing    2sPOSS-ring   
You don't have a ring.
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[3] púfaat    uum    mi-'ávan   
nothing    3.SG    2sPOSS-husband   
You don't have a husband.
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[4] púfaat    mu-tikakvánaach   
nothing    3sPOSS-ring   
She doesn't have a ring.
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[5] Kayla    mu-têenva    yâamachich    káru   
Kayla    3sPOSS-earring    pretty.(dimin.)    also   
Kayla has earrings, pretty ones, too.
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[6] Kayla    mu-têenva    káru    yâamachich   
Kayla    3sPOSS-earring    also    pretty.(dimin.)   
Kayla's earrings are pretty, too.
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[7] naní-fyiiv    u-kyáa-t   
1sPOSS-friend    3s(>3)-make-PAST   
My friend made them.
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[8] yáv    pa-mí-fyiiv   
good    the-2sPOSS-friend   
Your friend is good.
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[9] ikxáramkunish    pa-mu-yukúkuh   
black    the-3sPOSS-shoe(s)   
Her shoes are black.
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[10] mi-yukúkuh    uum    vaa   
2sPOSS-shoe(s)    3.SG    that   
Those are your shoes.
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[11] pu-kêech-hara   
NEG-big-NEG   
It is not big.
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[12] pa-nani-yukúku    vúra    uum    kâarim    u-músahi-tih   
the-1sPOSS-shoe(s)    Intensive    3.SG    bad    3s(>3)-look-DUR   
My shoes are ugly.
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[13] chivchakara-pîimich   
door-next.to   
It is by the door.
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[14] mu-'ífunih    káru    uum    ipshûunkinich   
3sPOSS-hair    also    3.SG    low   
Her hair is short.
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[15] ipshûunkinach    pa-mu-'ífunih   
low    the-3sPOSS-hair   
She has short hair.
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[16] vâaram    pa-mu-'ífunih   
long    the-3sPOSS-hair   
She has long hair.
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[17] ipshûunkinach    pa-mu-'ífunih   
low    the-3sPOSS-hair   
She has short hair.
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[18] púfaat    mu-'ífunih   
nothing    3sPOSS-hair   
She has no hair.
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[19] pa-nani-'ávan    axváhxuus   
the-1sPOSS-husband    bald   
My husband is bald.
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[20] pu-ptaxátiih-tih-ara    pa-mi-'ífunih   
NEG-comb.one's.hair-DUR-NEG    the-2sPOSS-hair   
You didn't comb your hair.
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[21] naa    vúra    ûurihaan   
1sg.    Intensive    lazy.person   
I am very lazy.
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[22] naa    káru   
1sg.    also   
Me, too.
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[23] vúra    pu-yáv-hara    pa-nani-'ífunih   
Intensive    NEG-good-NEG    the-1sPOSS-hair   
My hair is not good.
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