Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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achipyâach very center

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #104 | revised Jun 26 2014

achipyâach • N • very center

Derivation:  áachip-yâach  (= áachip yav-ach)
middle-Intensive  (= middle good-DIM)

  • xás páy nanu'ávahkam achipyâach takunithyúruva. And they dragged her to the very center of the sky. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 071]

See áachip 'center' See -yâach 'Intensive'

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  1. kuyráak   u-sasip-úniih-va   yítha   achipyâach   xás   xákararih  
    three   3s(>3)-be.in.line.(pl.)-down-PL.ACT   one   very.center   then   on.both.sides  
    There were three stripes running down, one right in the middle and (two) on each side.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text