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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)


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-a deverbative

aachíchha / aachíchhi- be happy

aachíchhar / aachichhara- happy

aachíchhiivrik be glad to see (someone)

áachip middle, center

áachipvarih towards the middle

áachip vapeepithváram Van Pelt & Delaney's store in Orleans

aaf excrement, shit

áah 1 to handle or carry fire

áah 2 fire, lantern, electric light, electricity

áaha / áahi- to beat seeds with a seed-beater, when gathering them for eating

áahar / áahara- seed beater

áahka / áahku- to set fire to (something), to burn (something), to burn down (as a house)

áahvunaa (animals) to be in heat

áak 1 to hit (with an implement)

áak 2 in the fire

áaka / áaku- to hit (with an implement); to chop (with an ax)

áakma / áakmu- to extend the hand

áakram / aakramu- argue, to wage war

aakrámar / aakráman- to come for an argument

aakrámnih to reach into (a container)

aakrúprih lock arms with

aaksâanva / aaksâanvu- 1 to get bad luck by breaking a taboo

aaksâanva 2 bad luck

áaksip / áaksipriv- to raise one's hand; to measure a span