Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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thúkin gall, bile; (in compounds) blue, green, yellow

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6014 | revised Jan 29 2016

thúkin • N • gall, bile; (in compounds) blue, green, yellow

Derivatives (18; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1469, p.390

Note: Cf. asathukin'ávahkam 'placename, lit. above-yellow-rock'.

  • thúkin tóokuuyva. He has jaundice. (Lit., 'Bile hit him.') [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 341]

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  1. chavúra   kun-'uum   vúra   uum   yâamach   p-eethívthaaneen   kípa   thúkin  
    finally   3pl(>3s)-arrive   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   the-land   like   bile  
    Finally they arrived, the country was beautiful and green.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  2. hâari   aax   t-óo   sáan-sur   pa-yíkihar   káru   hâari   thúkin  
    sometime   blood   PERF-3s(>3)   carry.(things)-off   the-sick   also   sometime   bile  
    Sometimes she took blood off of the sick person, and sometimes bile.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text