Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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in- to go

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2632 | revised Nov 17 2014

in- • V • to go

Derivatives (5)
inaa "to go uphill; to go upriver"
iniin "to cross a body of water"
iníinach "the name of two places, one below Dillon Creek, the other at Bluff Creek"
inôov "to go upriver"
inuup "to go downriver"

Source: WB 621, p.346

Note: Bound stem, apparently in complementary distribution with va- 'to go'; occurs only with certain directional suffixes. Initial /i/ is lost after a prefixal vowel.

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  1. xás    âanaxus    tóo    naa    pa'áraar    kuniykáranaati    âanaxus   
    then    weasel    he.had    go.uphill    the.people    they.were.killing.him    weasel   
    Then Weasel went upriver, the people were killing (i.e., trying to kill) Weasel.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  2. íp    kanéepeerat    xáyfaat    ôok    inaa   
    PAST    they.told.me    don't!    here    you.go.upriver   
    They told me, 'Don't go up there.'"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text