Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ax (animal) to bite, to rend with the teeth; to kill

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #859 | revised Nov 07 2014

ax • V • (animal) to bite, to rend with the teeth; to kill

Derivative (1)
chuvnivkach'áxaan "type of house spider"

Source: WB 214, p.326

Usage: Not used of humans, snakes, or insects..

  • pachishíih uxúti kíri ni'ax. The dog wants to bite him. [Reference: KV]

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  1. xás   axmáy   vúra   yítha   ú-kfuukiraa   u-'ax  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   one   3s(>3)-grab   3s(>3)-bite  
    And suddenly she grabbed one, she killed him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  2. xás   kári   kúkuum   yítha   u-'ax  
    then   then   again   one   3s(>3)-bite  
    And again she killed one.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  3. xás   kári   chavúra   tá   pâanpay   koovúra   tá   kín-'ax  
    then   then   finally   PERF   after.while   all   PERF   3pl>3pl-bite  
    And finally after a while all of them were killed.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  4. víri   vaa   îin   pa-kín-'aax-tih  
    so   that   TOPIC   NOMZ-3pl>3pl-bite-DUR  
    It was that one that was killing them.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  5. pa-pirishkâarim   tá   kun-íkfuukiraa   yuuxmachmahánach   u-xus   kíri   ni-'ax  
    the-grizzly   PERF   3pl(>3s)-grab   lizard.sp.   3s(>3)-think   I.wish   1s(>3)-bite  
    Grizzly (in her death throes) grabbed at Lizard, she thought, "Let me kill him!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  6. kári   xás   tá   pu-'ax-hára   ás-ak   sú'   ú-krii   asapatxáxak  
    then   then   PERF   NEG-bite-NEG   rock-live   inside   3s(>3)-live   crack.in.a.rock  
    So she couldn't kill him, he was inside the rock, the crack in the rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text