Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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yâamahukach easy

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7005 | revised Feb 09 2016

yâamahukach • ADJ • easy

Derivation:  yav ahuk-ach
good ahuk-DIM

Source: WB 1654, p.400

Note: Plural yâamahukachas (JPH "Dictionary" 69).

  • yâamahukachas paachvíiv va'axaychákish. Those birds are easy to catch. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 337]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. p-eheerah-áaptiik   pa-'uh-'íppi   sákriiv-sha   pu-yâamahukich   kup-eeshpátt-ahi-tih-ara  
    the-tobacco-branch   the-tobacco-bone   hard-PL   NEG-easy   MODAL-be.broken-Modal-DUR-NEG  
    The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  2. yâamahukach   nik  
    easy   a.little  
    It's easy!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text