Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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-êep refuse from ...-ing
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1244 | revised Aug 20 2005
-êep • SUFF • refuse from ...-ing
Derivatives (4)
iheerêep "cigarette butt"
taavêep "whittlings"
umsurêep "broken-off tips of hazel sticks (in basketry)"
vuxichêep "sawdust"
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kári xás pa-tá kun-píkyaar pa-kun-táxraa-ti kári xás asmáax tîi kan-'ífik-i pa-taxrat-êep then then NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-finish NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-flake.arrowheads-DUR then then towhee let... 1s(>3)-pick.up-IMPER the-flake.arrowheads-refuse.from.-ing And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps". Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text