Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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iyxôorar / iyxôorara- to cover

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3652 | revised Aug 27 2015

iyxôorar / iyxôorara- • V • to cover

Derivative (1)
iyxôorariv "to cover with, to wrap up in"

Source: WB 834, p.357

  • yáan vúra usúpaahiti, xás tanupiyxôorar patakiríran. It was just becoming day, and we covered our leaching-hole. [Reference: WB T83.28]

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  1. kári   xás   pa-mú-vaas   xás   vaa   u-yxôorariv  
    then   then   the-3sPOSS-blanket   then   so   3s(>3)-cover.with  
    And she covered him with her blanket.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  2. xás   váas   tá   kun-iyxôorariv  
    then   blanket   PERF   3pl(>3s)-cover.with  
    And they covered (the patient) with a blanket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text

  3. xás   tá   nu-p-iyxôorar   pa-takiríram  
    then   PERF   1pl(>3)-ITER-cover   the-acorn-leaching.hole  
    And we covered our leaching-hole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  4. xás   vaa   vúra   kun-iyxôorariv-ahi-tih  
    then   so   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-cover.with-ESS-DUR  
    And they were just wrapped in it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text