Ararahih'urípih
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ithivthanéen'aachip center of the world; Karuk country

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3260 | revised Feb 09 2015

ithivthanéen'aachip • N • center of the world; Karuk country

Derivation:  ithívthaaneen áachip  (= thiv thaanêen áachip)
land middle  (= lie.(of.one.thing) around middle)

  • pámitva pakunchuphúruthunatihat payíthuva kuna'ávansas pananuhêeraha ôok ithivhanéen'aachip ... What different kinds of people used to say about our tobacco here in Karuk country ... [Reference: TK 14.5]
  • ôok ithivthanéen'aachip upoonváramnihanik. He brought them back to the center of the world. [Reference: KT 130b.34]

Sentence examples (5)


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  1. pihnêeffich   v-oo-kúph-aan'nik   ôok   ithivthanéen'aachip  
    coyote   so-3s(>3)-do-ANC   here   center.of.world  
    Coyote did this, here at the world center.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  2. chavúra   ôok   ithivthanéen'aachip   t-u-'árihroov  
    finally   here   center.of.world   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    Finally he traveled upriver to the center of the world here.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. ôok   kun-'íf-anik   ithivthanéen'aachip   áxak   ikxareeyav-'ifápiit-ich-as  
    here   3pl(>3s)-grow-ANC   center.of.world   two   spirit.person-young.unmarried.woman-DIM-PL  
    Two spirit girls grew up here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   ta'ítam   u-xús   chími   kan-vâaram-i   ôok   ithivthanéen'aachip  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-think   soon   1s(>3)-go-IMPER   here   center.of.world  
    And so he thought, "Let me go there (lit., here) to the middle of the world."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  5. chavúra   ithivthaneen'achip-kâam   t-u-'árihvarak  
    finally   center.of.world-little.upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-come.down.from.upriver  
    Finally he was coming down from upriver, just upstream of the middle of the world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text