Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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éekoons acorns

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1231 | revised Nov 17 2014

éekoons • N • acorns

Source: WB 329, p.332

Note: From English, perhaps borrowed to fill the lack of a generic term in Karuk.

  • pa'áama kun'áamti káru vúra pa'éekoons. They ate the salmon and the acorns. [Reference: WB T68.10]

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  1. pa'áama    kun'áamti    káru    vúra    pa'éekoons   
    the.salmon    they.eat.them    also    Intensive    the.acorns   
    They ate the salmon and the acorns.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  2. káakum    pa'éekoons    táay    vúra    tá    kun'ífik    xás    itahara'átimnam    kóo    tóo    píishha   
    some    the.acorns    much    Intensive    PERF    they.gathered.them    then    ten.baskets    as.much.as    he.had    soak.acorns   
    Some people gathered a lot of acorns, and put as many as ten baskets to soak.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  3. xás    koovúra    vaa    kun'áamtih    papúufich    káru    pa'áama    káru    pa'éekoons    káru    pápiish   
    then    all    so    they.ate.it    the.deer    also    the.salmon    also    the.acorns    also    the.soaked.acorns   
    And they ate all that, the deer and the salmon and the acorns and the soaked acorns.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  4. xás    asípkaam    tumáhyaan    pa'éekoons   
    then    a.big.soup-basket    he.had.put.it.in    the.acorns   
    And they put the acorns in a big soup-basket.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text