Karuk Dictionary
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akchak to close one's hands
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #243 | revised Mar 03 2014
akchak • V • to close one's hands
| Derivation: | ak-chak |
| do.with.hands-closing.up |
Source: WB 48.1, p.315
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kári xás pa-niinamichtâapas iknûumin veekxaréeyav pa-mú-'arama vaa vúra u-kupa-'íf-aha pa-mú-tiik u-'ákchaak-tih xákarari pa-mú-tiik u-'ákchaak-tih then then the-smallest Burrill.Peak.spirit the-3sPOSS-child so Intensive 3s(>3)-MODAL-grow-Modal the-3sPOSS-hand 3s(>3)-close.hands-DUR on.both.sides the-3sPOSS-hand 3s(>3)-close.hands-DUR And Burrill Peak Spirit's littlest child grew up this way, his hands were closed, both his hands were closed. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text