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).

Your search: English coyote | New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency

Search Index
8 result(s)

chánhaayfur exclamation of Coyote when interrupted while raping a girl (T11.24)

ishávaas child of deceased sibling (term of address commonly used by Coyote)

pihnêefha / pihnêefhi- to howl like a coyote ; to make a whooping cry (as in the war dance)

pihnêefich / pihneef- coyote

pihneefích'anamahach coyote pup

shuuuuhuuuu imitation of Coyote's howl

sishanayâamach pretty one having a penis, a name given to Coyote

tishráam ishkuuntíhan by-name for coyote

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7801 | revised Mar 28 2016

pihneefích'anamahach • N • coyote pup

Source: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 004

Sentence examples (3)


Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. yánava    pihnêefich'anamahich   
    visible    coyote.pup   
    But it turned out to be a coyote pup.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. xas    pasáruk    nipitfákutih    víri    kúna    su    upárihkaa    pihneefích'anamahich   
    then    downhill    I.am.looking.away.downhill    so    in.addition    inside    it.runs.inside    coyote.pup   
    I looked back just in time to see a coyote pup running back into the log.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  3. yánava    pananipihneefích'anamahich    tóo    psírheen    íp    pani'íithvutihat   
    visible    my.little.coyote    it.has    been.disappearing    PAST    that.I.had.been.packing   
    And found the little pup I'd been packing had got away already.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text