Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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kúrih inside corner of Indian house

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4021 | revised Jun 29 2008

kúrih • N • inside corner of Indian house

Derivatives (3)
kuríhkir "eaves-pole, held up by two forked poles; these were fastened both to the outside roofing and to the top of the the walls. Also translated 'inside corner of Indian house'."
kúrihvarayva "to be partitions in a house"
kuríthxiit "plant sp., perh. angelica"

Source: JPH mat 07:295-30

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  1. kári    xás    vaa    kunkúupha    kurihkirá'aachipvari    uthrîish    pamukunyupastáran   
    then    then    so    they.did.it    towards.the.middle.of.the.roof-beam    they.ran.together    their.tears   
    They did this, their tears collected halfway up the roof-beam.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text