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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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káruk upriver (a considerable distance)
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lexicon ID #3753 | revised May 15 2015
káruk • ADV • upriver (a considerable distance)
Derivatives (3)
karukúkam "upriverward"
kárukvarih "upriverward"
karúk'aasak "placename, "at the rock at Katimin Spring""
Source: WB 835.11, p.358
- vaa uum vúra káan ifmaarápiit kamíktaatroovuti, káruk uvítroovuti. Let the new married man push his way upstream there, (when) he is traveling upstream. [Reference: WB 15: Coyote As Lawmaker 009]
- âanxus uthitívanik, káruk keechxâach úkrii. Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 001]
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akâayva vaa urôovanik when I was packing you know vúra vaa káruk xás nimah anyone so she.took.it.upriver when I was packing you know Intensive so upriver then I.saw.it [talking about an unfinished basket] Somebody took it upriver when I was packing , you know, then I saw it upriver. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playmanâa iim káruk va'áraar I guess maybe 2sg. upriver its.person I guess Well, you're an upriver Indian, I guess. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás uxus tîi káruk kanvâarami then he.thought let... upriver let.me.go He thought: "Let me go upriver." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textxas káruk kuna utápichroov then upriver in.addition he.slipped.upriver Then he slipped in upriver direction. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textkáruk tá nivâaram upriver PERF I.am.going I'm going upriver. Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Playkáruk tá nivâaram káruk va'áraas tá nímuustiheesh upriver PERF I.go upriver its.person PERF I.am.going.to.see I'm going upriver and I'll see someone (an Indian person) upriver. Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playkáruk va'áraar nímuustiheesh upriver its.person I.am.going.to.see I am going to see a person who lives upriver. Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playnaa pakáruk úuhyan nichuuphítih. 1sg. the.Karuk speak I.am.speaking I am speaking the Karuk language. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playnaa pakáruk úuhyan ni'ítaptih. 1sg. the.Karuk speak I.know.it I know how to speak the Karuk language. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás panipvôonupukat xás kári káruk ni'árihroov then when.it.let.out then then upriver I.went.upriver And when it had let out, then I went upriver. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playpananichishíh'anamahach itháan káruk nu'ípasroovat káan úkrii chishih'aneekyáavaan my.little.dog once upriver we.took.it.up there he.lived veterinarian Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textxás káruk vúra itíhaan vúra ithéekxaram xúus ni'éethti then upriver Intensive always Intensive all.night thought 1s(>3) And upriver ... I was taking care of him all night. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textpi'êep paniyáan'iiftihanhaak pa'ôok káruk veethívthaaneen pishîich ni'úumhaak papanámniik pishîich ni'úumhaak naa vúra xakitrahyar káru yítha hárinay kích tá níkrii long.ago when.I.was.a.young.man when.here upriver its.country first I.arrived when.Orleans first I.arrived 1sg. Intensive twenty also one year only PERF I.stay Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old. Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
Spoken by William Bright | Download | Playkúna vúra pa'ararakéevriikshas pa'ararapihnîichas pananikáruk va'araréefyiivshas koovúra neepsháravrik in.addition Intensive the.old.Indian.women the.old.Indian.men my.upriver its.Indian.friends all they.helped.me But the Karuk old women, the Karuk old men, my Karuk friends, they all helped me. Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
Spoken by William Bright | Download | Playkúna vúra kúkuum ôok tá ni'uum pananífyiivshas nimúsarukti kári vúra pakáruk váhi ni'aapúnmiikti in.addition Intensive again here PERF I.arrived my.friends I.am.visiting.them then Intensive the.upriver its.language I.am.learning.it.from.them But I've come back here again, I'm visiting my friends, and I'm still learning the Karuk language. Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
Spoken by William Bright | Download | Playchavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo finally far upriver he.had.traveled Finally he walked a long ways upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textxás chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo then finally far upriver he.had.traveled And finally he traveled a long ways upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textvúra vaa u'áhootih vúra tá yíiv káruk Intensive so he.was.traveling Intensive PERF far upriver He was walking that way, a long ways upriver by this time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás yánava yíiv káruk tu'áhoo then then visible far upriver he.had.traveled He saw he was a long ways upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textmít kunípaat káruk úuth tu'íimkar near.past they.said upriver out.to.water he.had.drowned They said he drowned in the river upriver." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textupipshinvárihva peeshpúk káruk ukyâantih he.forgot that.money upriver he.was.going.in.order.to.get.it He forgot that he was going upriver to get money. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textuknîi púyava káruk kahyúras kun'áraarahiti paastaah once.upon.a.time you.see upriver Klamath.Lakes they.were.living the.ducks Once upon a time... The ducks lived upriver at Klamath Lakes. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textkáruk tá kunpávyiihma tusupaháyaachha pámita káan kun'arámsiiprintih upriver PERF they.went.back.to it.was.mid-morning where.(yesterday) there they.were.coming.from They arrived back upriver where they came from, it was mid-morning. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textkáruk iinâak káan tá kun'áamvunaa upriver indoors there PERF they.ate Upriver they ate there in the living house. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playkári xás uxúsaanik chími káruk ishpúk kanikyâan kahyúras then then he.thought soon upriver dentalium.shells let.me.go.to.get.it! Klamath.Lakes And he thought, "Let me go upriver to get money at Klamath Lakes!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkáruk ishpúk ukyâaranik upriver dentalium.shells he.went.to.get.it He went upriver to get money. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás vúra yíiv káruk tu'árihroov then Intensive far upriver he.had.gone.upriver And he went a long ways upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás sípnuuk káruk u'êethroov then storage.basket upriver he.carried.it.upriver So he took a storage basket upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textxás káruk u'árihroov then upriver he.went.upriver So he went upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textyíiv káruk tu'árihroov far upriver he.went.upriver He went far upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textkáruk vúra yîiv tu'uum upriver Intensive far he.arrived He got a long ways upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textxás pihnêefich káruk u'árihroov kahyúras tuvâaram then coyote upriver he.went.upriver Klamath.Lakes he.went So Coyote went upriver, he was going to Klamath Lakes. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textxás vúra yíiv káruk tu'uum then Intensive far upriver he.arrived And he got a long ways upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textvaa páy pihnêefich ukúphaanik pakáruk kahyúras uvâaramutih kupánakanakana so this coyote he.did when.upriver Klamath.Lakes he.was.going the.end Coyote did that, when he went upriver to Klamath Lakes. kupánakanakana. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textyakún uumkun yúruk ithivthaneen'ípan kun'íhmootih káru káruk ithivthaneen'ípan kun'íhmootih you.see they downriver end.of.the.world they.dance.to also upriver end.of.the.world they.dance.to They dance to the downriver end of the world, and they dance to the upriver end of the world." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás pihnêefich uum tá íp káruk u'árihroovat then coyote 3.SG PERF PAST upriver he.went.upriver And Coyote went upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textpihnêefich káruk u'árihroovutih coyote upriver he.is.going.upriver Coyote was going upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textxás chavúra yiiv káruk tu'árihroov then finally far upriver he.went.upriver And finally he went a long ways upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textkáruk u'árihroov upriver he.goes.upriver He went upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textkunpiip xâatik ápap yúruk uvuunúpahitih káru ápap káruk uvuunôovutih they.say it's.better one.side downriver it.flows.from.the.mouth also one.side upriver it.flows.upstream (The gods) said, "Let (the river) flow downstream on one side, and flow upstream on the other side. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textithyáruk kúna úpviitrooveesh uthívruuhrooveesh káru káruk uvuunôovahiti pa'íshaha across in.addition it.will.paddle.upstream it.will.float.upriver also upriver it.flows.upstream the.water They would travel back upstream on the other side, they would float upstream also, the water was flowing upstream. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textvaa uum vúra káan ifmaarápiit kamíktaatroovutih káruk uvítroovutih so 3.SG Intensive there new.married.man let.him.push.upstream upriver he.paddles.upstream Let the new married man push his way upstream there, (when) he is traveling upstream." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textkári xás upiip káruk ithivthaneen'ípan nivâaramutih then then he.says upriver at.end.of.world I.am.going And he said, "I'm going upriver to the end of the world." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textkári xás kôokaninay vúra úktir paxunyêep máruk sáruk yúruk káruk then then everywhere Intensive he.hits.by.throwing the.tan.oak.tree uphill downhill downriver upriver And he beat the tan-oak trees everywhere, uphillward, downhillward, downriverward, upriverward. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textâanxus uthitívanik káruk keechxâach úkrii weasel he.heard upriver widow.(old) she.lives Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textxâatik naa káruk nivâaram it's.better 1sg. upriver I.go Let me go upriver!" Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textkáruk u'árihroov upriver he.went.upriver He went upriver. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxás káruk kunítroovutih then upriver they.were.looking.upriver And they looked upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textvíri kúna káruk ukvíripvarak so in.addition upriver she.ran.down.from.upriver She in her turn was running down from upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás káruk tuthítiimnoov póoxruunhitih then upriver he.heard.upriverward she.was.growling Then he heard her growling from upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás kári axmáy káruk ára u'árihvarak then then suddenly upriver person she.came.down.from.upriver And suddenly a person came down from upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textkúkuum vúra imáan káruk tá kunítroovutih again Intensive tomorrow upriver PERF they.were.looking.upriver Again the next day they looked upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textxás káruk útroovutih axmay u'árihvarak then upriver he.was.looking.upriver suddenly she.came.downriver Then he looked upriver, suddenly (Grizzly) came down. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textkáruk u'árihroonatih upriver he.was.going.upriver He kept going upriver. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textithyarukpíhriiv u'árihroov uxus tîi káruk kanvâarami Across.the.Water.Widower he.went.upriver he.thought let... upriver let.me.go! Across-the-Water Widower went upriver, he thought, "Let me go upriver!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full textxás kári chavúra yíiv káruk tu'árihroov then then finally far upriver he.had.gone.upriver And finally he went a long ways upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full textchavúra tá yíiv káruk u'árihroov finally PERF far upriver he.went.upriver Finally, he went a long ways upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full textkáruk útroovutih upriver he.was.looking.upriver He looked upriver. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textvíri pootâatsip pamutákasar yá káruk ithivthaneen'ípan úkuuyva so when.he.tossed.it his.tossel visible upriver at.end.of.world it.landed When he tossed his tossel, he saw it landed at the upriver end of the world. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textkáruk kunítroovutih upriver they.were.looking.upriver And they looked upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textkáruk tá kunvitíshriihvaheen upriver PERF they.beached.them (The others) had beached their boats upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textkáruk yítha va'êem kun'êetheepanik mu'arátaanva papreacher muhrooha'íin upriver one doctor she.took.it.away.from.her her.pain the.preacher his.wife The preacher's wife took the 'pain' (disease object) away from a certain doctor upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full textkáruk tóo ptâatroov upriver he tossed.it.back.upriver He tossed it back upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textkáruk tóo tâatroov upriver he tossed.it.upriver He tossed it upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textxás payu'kúkam uumkun káruk tá kunithvíriproov then the.downriver.end they upriver PERF they.ran.up.from.downriver Then the ones on the downriver end ran up. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textkáruk u'írahiv upriver there.was.a.world.renewal There was a world renewal upriver. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textkáruk yíiv ikhurôok tu'árihroov upriver far on.an.upriver-pointing.ridge he.had.gone.upriver He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textkáruk núvyiihship tínxuumnipaak upriver we.went to.Ferry.Point We went upriver to Ferry Point. Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full textkáruk íp nifyúkutihat ítam upriver PAST I.was.going.around earlier.today Earlier today I was going around upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full textpúyava panipkárahaak payêem káruk kúna ni'árihroovish niptakníhareesh you.see when.I.go.back.across.river now upriver in.addition I.will.go.upriver I.will.go.drive.back When I go back across-river now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text