Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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iyxôorar / iyxôorara- to cover

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3652 | revised Aug 27 2015

iyxôorar / iyxôorara- • V • to cover

Derivative (1)
iyxôorariv "to cover with, to wrap up in"

Source: WB 834, p.357

  • yáan vúra usúpaahiti, xás tanupiyxôorar patakiríran. It was just becoming day, and we covered our leaching-hole. [Reference: WB T83.28]

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  1. kári    xás    pamúvaas    xás    vaa    uyxôorariv   
    then    then    her.blanket    then    so    she.covered.him.with   
    And she covered him with her blanket.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  2. xás    váas    tá    kuniyxôorariv   
    then    blanket    PERF    they.covered.with   
    And they covered (the patient) with a blanket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text

  3. xás    tá    nupiyxôorar    patakiríram   
    then    PERF    we.covered.it    the.acorn-leaching.hole   
    And we covered our leaching-hole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  4. xás    vaa    vúra    kuniyxôorarivahitih   
    then    so    Intensive    they.were.wrapped.up.in   
    And they were just wrapped in it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text