Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ax (animal) to bite, to rend with the teeth; to kill

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #859 | revised Nov 07 2014

ax • V • (animal) to bite, to rend with the teeth; to kill

Derivative (1)
chuvnivkach'áxaan "type of house spider"

Source: WB 214, p.326

Usage: Not used of humans, snakes, or insects..

  • pachishíih uxúti kíri ni'ax. The dog wants to bite him. [Reference: KV]

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  1. xás    axmáy    vúra    yítha    úkfuukiraa    u'ax   
    then    suddenly    Intensive    one    she.grabbed.him    she.killed.him   
    And suddenly she grabbed one, she killed him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  2. xás    kári    kúkuum    yítha    u'ax   
    then    then    again    one    she.killed.him   
    And again she killed one.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  3. xás    kári    chavúra    tá    pâanpay    koovúra    tá    kín'ax   
    then    then    finally    PERF    after.while    all    PERF    they.killed.them   
    And finally after a while all of them were killed.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  4. víri    vaa    îin    pakín'aaxtih   
    so    that    TOPIC    that.was.killing.them   
    It was that one that was killing them.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  5. papirishkâarim    tá    kuníkfuukiraa    yuuxmachmahánach    uxus    kíri    ni'ax   
    the.grizzly.bear    PERF    they.grabbed.at.him    lizard.sp.    she.thought    I.wish    I.kill.him   
    Grizzly (in her death throes) grabbed at Lizard, she thought, "Let me kill him!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    tá    pu'axhára    ásak    sú'    úkrii    asapatxáxak   
    then    then    PERF    she.couldn't.kill.him    in.the.rock    inside    he.was    crack.in.a.rock   
    So she couldn't kill him, he was inside the rock, the crack in the rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text