Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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-mar / -mara- to finish doing

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4212 | revised Oct 31 2014

-mar / -mara- • SUFF • to finish doing

Derivatives (3)
imyáhumar "to be exhausted (with fatigue)"
iykáravar "to finish killing"
vupákpaakmar "to finish cutting up"

Note: Generally used with ip- 'iterative'.

Sentence example (1)

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  1. vaa    vúra    ník    kun'áapunmutihanik    káru    vaa    uum    yáv    papírish    ávahkam    kunithyúruthunatihaak    patá    kunpúhthaampimarahaak   
    so    Intensive    a.little    they.knew.it.long.ago    also    so    3.SG    good    the.foliage    over    when.they.drag.it.around    that.has    when.they.finish.gardening   
    They also knew that it was good to drag a bush around on the top after sowing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text