Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ithívish / ithívishriha- happenings; celebration

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3253 | revised Feb 09 2015

ithívish / ithívishriha- • N • happenings; celebration

Derivation:  ithívish-a  (= ithiv-ish-a)
happen-DEVERB  (= ithiv-down-DEVERB)

Derivative (1)
ithívishha "to happen"

Note: Initial vowel is lost after a prefixal vowel.

  • pavúra kóo kuma'ithívishrih. There were all kinds of celebration. [Reference: WB files]
  • ishímfir poothívishhiti. It was hard happenings. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 52]

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  1. pavúra    kóo    kuma'íthivishrih    pakunvuhvúhinaatih    káru    pakoo   
    that.Intensive    all    kind.of.celebration    as.they.were.doing.the.deerskin.dance    also    the.all   
    There was all kind of celebration as they did the deerskin dance and all.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text