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

cháfich to gnaw meat from (a bone)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1047 | revised Nov 07 2014

cháfich • V • to gnaw meat from (a bone)

Derivative (1)
cháfich "bone to gnaw on"

Source: WB 263, p.329

  • ávansa kípa uum vuup ucháfichti. A man only chews on the neck (meat). [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 022]
  • xás vúra papihnîich ucháfichti pa'ípih. And the old man was gnawing the bones. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 031]

Sentence examples (7)

Include derivatives: yes | no
Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. xas    upíip    "pûuhara    ávansa    kípa    ûum    vúup    ucháfichtih   
    then    he.said    no    man    like    barely    neck    he.chews.it   
    But he answered, "No indeed! Men always chew the neck!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. vúup    kich    kípa    nicháfichtih   
    neck    only    like    I.chew.it   
    The neck is what I want to chew!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. yánava    upítih    cháfich    kích    navíshtaantih   
    visible    he.was.saying    bone.to.gnaw    only    I.want.it   
    They saw he was saying, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  4. vaa    ukupapakurîihvahitih    cháfich    kích    navíshtaantih   
    so    he.was.singing.that.way    bone.to.gnaw    only    I.want.it   
    He was singing that, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  5. xás    vúra    papihnîich    ucháfichti    pa'ípih    xás    aax    kích    uthuufhíti    poocháfichtih   
    then    Intensive    the.old.man    he.was.gnawing.them    the.bones    then    blood    only    it.was.flowing.out.in.a.stream    as.he.was.gnawing.them   
    And the old man was gnawing the bones, and nothing but blood was streaming as he gnawed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  6. xás    papihnîich    vaa    vúra    upakurîihvutih    cháfich    kích    navíshtaantih   
    then    the.old.man    so    Intensive    he.was.singing    bone.to.gnaw    only    I.want.it   
    And the old man was singing that way, "I just want a bone to chew on."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text