Ararahih'urípih
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káruk upriver (a considerable distance)

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. 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
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  2. manâa    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
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  3. xás    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 text
  4. xas    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 text
  5. káruk        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
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  6. káruk        nivâaram    káruk    va'áraas        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
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  7. káruk    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
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  8. naa    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
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  9. naa    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
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  10. xás    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
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  11. pananichishíh'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 text
  12. xás    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 text
  13. pi'êep    paniyáan'iiftihanhaak    pa'ôok    káruk    veethívthaaneen    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    papanámniik    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    naa    vúra    xakitrahyar    káru    yítha    hárinay    kích        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
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  14. kúna    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
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  15. kúna    vúra    kúkuum    ôok        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
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  16. chavúra    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 text
  17. xás    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 text
  18. vúra    vaa    u'áhootih    vúra        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 text
  19. kári    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 text
  20. mít    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 text
  21. upipshinvárihva    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 text
  22. uknîi    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 text
  23. káruk        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 text
  24. káruk    iinâak    káan        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
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  25. kári    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 text
  26. káruk    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 text
  27. xás    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 text
  28. xás    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 text
  29. xás    káruk    u'árihroov   
    then    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    So he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  30. yíiv    káruk    tu'árihroov   
    far    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    He went far upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  31. káruk    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 text
  32. xás    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 text
  33. xás    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 text
  34. vaa    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 text
  35. yakún    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 text
  36. xás    pihnêefich    uum        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 text
  37. pihnêefich    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 text
  38. xás    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 text
  39. káruk    u'árihroov   
    upriver    he.goes.upriver   
    He went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  40. kunpiip    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 text
  41. ithyáruk    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 text
  42. vaa    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 text
  43. kári    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 text
  44. kári    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 text
  45. âanxus    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 text
  46. xâatik    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 text
  47. káruk    u'árihroov   
    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    He went upriver.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  48. xás    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 text
  49. víri    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 text
  50. xás    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 text
  51. xás    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 text
  52. kúkuum    vúra    imáan    káruk        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 text
  53. xás    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 text
  54. káruk    u'árihroonatih   
    upriver    he.was.going.upriver   
    He kept going upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  55. ithyarukpíhriiv    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 text
  56. xás    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 text
  57. chavúra        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 text
  58. káruk    útroovutih   
    upriver    he.was.looking.upriver   
    He looked upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  59. víri    pootâatsip    pamutákasar        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 text
  60. káruk    kunítroovutih   
    upriver    they.were.looking.upriver   
    And they looked upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  61. káruk        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 text
  62. káruk    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 text
  63. káruk    tóo    ptâatroov   
    upriver    he    tossed.it.back.upriver   
    He tossed it back upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  64. káruk    tóo    tâatroov   
    upriver    he    tossed.it.upriver   
    He tossed it upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  65. xás    payu'kúkam    uumkun    káruk        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 text
  66. káruk    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 text
  67. káruk    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 text
  68. káruk     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 text
  69. káruk    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 text
  70. púyava    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