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

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

This is the public version of Ararahih'urípih. Click here for the password-protected private version (which includes some restricted-access text content).

New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency

Search Index

ûukar / ûukara- to put out (a boat); to pay (money)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6305 | revised Oct 31 2014

ûukar / ûukara- • V • to put out (a boat); to pay (money)

Literally: 'to put across'

Source: WB 1507.1, p.392

  • kári xás pápaah pakunpûukar. And they put out the boats. [Reference: WB T5.108]
  • púyava uum fâat tu'ûukar. Then he pays him something. [Reference: WB G143.38]

Sentence examples (3)


Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. púya-va   uum   fâat   t-u-'ûukar  
    and.so-so   3.SG   what   PERF-3s(>3)-put.out.(boat)  
    Then he paid something.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  2. hâari   itrôop   t-u-'ûukar   káru   hâari   vúra   itráhyar  
    sometime   five   PERF-3s(>3)-put.out.(boat)   also   sometime   Intensive   ten  
    Sometimes he paid five dollars and sometimes ten.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   pá-paah   pa-kun-p-ûukar  
    then   then   the-boat   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-ITER-put.out.(boat)  
    And they put out the boats.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text