Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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hih language

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lexicon ID #1380 | revised Oct 31 2014

hih • N • language

Derivatives (4)
káhih "Shasta Language"
kishakeevráhih "Hupa language"
yúhih "Yurok language"
araráhih "the Karuk language"

Source: WB 380, p.334

  • hûut pávaa ípeenti pamíhihmuuk. What are you saying to him in your language? [Reference: KV]

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  1. arará-hi   ípum   pa-nu-chúuphi-ti-heesh  
    human-language      NOMZ-1pl(>3)-speak-DUR-FUT  
    We're supposed to be talking Indian.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  2. káru   pa-'arará-hi   nu-'úuhyana-ti   vaa   i-piip   pot  
    also   the-human-language   1pl(>3)-speak-DUR   so   2s(>3)-say   pot  
    We're [supposed to be] talking Indian language, and then you say "pot."
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  3. pay'ôok   arará-hi   ni-chuuphí-tih  
    right.here   human-language   1s(>3)-speak-DUR  
    I am talking the Indian language right here.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about speaking Karuk (SD-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  4. chúupha   t-i-'ítap-ti   húm   pá-'arara-hih  
    speak   PERF-2s(>3)-know-DUR   or   the-human-language  
    Do you know the Indian language?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  5. vúra   uum   puxich   nu-'ítap-eesh   pa-'arará-hih  
    Intensive   3.SG   very.much   1pl(>3)-know-FUT   the-human-language  
    We are trying to learn the Karuk language.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  6. kári   xás   chaka'îimich   ni-'apúnmiik   pa-'arará-hih   pa-'arará-kuupha   pa-'arara-píkvah  
    then   then   slowly   1s(>3)-learn.from   the-human-language   the-human-doing   the-human-story  
    And so I slowly learned the Indian language, the Indian customs, the Indian stories.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
    Spoken by William Bright | Download | Play

  7. kúna   vúra   kúkuum   ôok   tá   ni-'uum   pa-naní-fyiiv-shas   ni-músaruk-ti   kári   vúra   pa-káruk   vá-hi   ni-'aapúnmiik-ti  
    in.addition   Intensive   again   here   PERF   1s(>3)-arrive   the-1sPOSS-friend-PL   1s(>3)-come.to.see-DUR   then   Intensive   the-upriver   3sPOSS-language   1s(>3)-learn.from-DUR  
    But I've come back here again, I'm visiting my friends, and I'm still learning the Karuk language.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
    Spoken by William Bright | Download | Play