Ararahih'urípih
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ithivthanéen'aachip center of the world; Karuk country

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3260 | revised Feb 09 2015

ithivthanéen'aachip • N • center of the world; Karuk country

Derivation:  ithívthaaneen áachip  (= thiv thaanêen áachip)
land middle  (= lie.(of.one.thing) around middle)

  • pámitva pakunchuphúruthunatihat payíthuva kuna'ávansas pananuhêeraha ôok ithivhanéen'aachip ... What different kinds of people used to say about our tobacco here in Karuk country ... [Reference: TK 14.5]
  • ôok ithivthanéen'aachip upoonváramnihanik. He brought them back to the center of the world. [Reference: KT 130b.34]

Sentence examples (5)


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  1. pihnêeffich    vookúphaan'nik    ôok    ithivthanéen'aachip   
    coyote    this.he.did    here    center.of.world   
    Coyote did this, here at the world center.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  2. chavúra    ôok    ithivthanéen'aachip    tu'árihroov   
    finally    here    center.of.world    he.had.traveled.upriver   
    Finally he traveled upriver to the center of the world here.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. ôok    kun'ífanik    ithivthanéen'aachip    áxak    ikxareeyav'ifápiitichas   
    here    they.grew.up    center.of.world    two    spirit.girls   
    Two spirit girls grew up here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    ta'ítam    uxús    chími    kanvâarami    ôok    ithivthanéen'aachip   
    then    then    so    he.thought    soon    let.me.go!    here    center.of.world   
    And so he thought, "Let me go there (lit., here) to the middle of the world."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  5. chavúra    ithivthaneen'achipkâam    tu'árihvarak   
    finally    just.upstream.of.the.middle.of.the.world    he.had.come.down.from.upriver   
    Finally he was coming down from upriver, just upstream of the middle of the world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text