Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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íshipithun / íshipithuna- to run around like a string
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2969 | revised Dec 03 2014
íshipithun / íshipithuna- • N • to run around like a string
| Derivation: | íship-thun |
| be.in.line-around |
- u'íshipithunahiti. It is running like a string (essive). [Reference: JPH ani 06:812]
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yánava páxaath vaa vúra ukupa'íshipithunahiti pookupavúrayvahitiheen visible the.grasshoppers so Intensive it.was.strung.around.that.way where.he.had.been.wandering.like.that He saw the grasshoppers strung around where he had been wandering. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text