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

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yúxnaam sand

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7257 | revised Feb 21 2016

yúxnaam • N • sand

Literally: 'flat dirt'

Derivation:  yúux nav-
dirt be.flat.ground

Derivatives (3)
yuxnáamha "to be sandy"
yuxnamxanchíifich "newly hatched frog"
yuxnamxárah "placename near Amekyaram"

Source: WB 1702.1, p.402

  • astíip vúra u'íifti yuxnaam. It grows by the river in the sand. [Reference: TK 47.12]

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  1. vaa    káan    ithasúpaah    kun'íineesh    kuntákinti    yuxnaam   
    so    there    all.day    they.stayed    they.soaked    sand   
    They stayed there all day, they soaked acorn dough in the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. sáruk    yúxnaam   
    downhill    sand   
    By the river, in the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. yuxnáam     utákiraheen   
    sand    she.soaked   
    She soaked acorns in the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. yúxnaam   
    sand   
    In the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. yúxnaam    vaa    káan    púva    néehruuvtihara    payúxnaam   
    sand    that    there    not.yet    I.didn't.use    the.fine.sand   
    Never there in the fine sand, I didn't use the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. xás    pamúkiit    yúxnaam    u'íripkurihanik    kóova    uxvíiphaanik   
    then    his.grandmother    sand    she.dug.a.hole    so    she.was.angry.long.ago   
    And his grandmother, she dug into the sand, she got so mad.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  7. payváhiim    váa    káan    vúra    su'    úkrii    vákay    payváhiim    vakay'ámtaapkunish    yúxnaam    su'    úkrii   
    nowadays    so    there    Intensive    inside    she.lives    worm    nowadays    worm    sand    inside    she.lives   
    Now she lives in there, she's a bug now, a gray bug, lives in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  8. xás    yúxnaam    u'íripkurihanik   
    then    sand    she.dug.a.hole.long.ago   
    She dug a hole in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  9. astíip    vúr    u'íifti    yúxnaam   
    shore    Intensive    it.is.growing    sand   
    It grows by the river in the sand.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text