Ararahih'urípih
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maruk'áraar / maruk'arara- uphill person, giant, "bigfoot", "sasquatch"

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4215 | revised Oct 31 2014

maruk'áraar / maruk'arara- • N • uphill person, giant, "bigfoot", "sasquatch"

Literally: 'uphill person'

Source: WB 953.2.1, p.365.

Note: Equiv. to mah'áraar.

  • xás uxus, maruk'arara'îin hínupa pakin'ákihti pasára. Then he thought, "It is the mountain people that give them the bread." [Reference: KS 22. Maruk'áraar Gives Man Bread 028]

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  1. kári    xás    kunpiip    maruk'áraar    vaa    káan    úknamtiimich    úkrii   
    then    then    they.said    uphill.person    so    there    edge.of.the.lake    he.is.staying   
    And they said, "A giant is staying there at the edge of the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  2. ta'ítam    uksáheen    pamaruk'áraar    uxus    íf    nîinamich    paxákaan    nuvúunveesh   
    so    he.laughed    the.giant    he.thought    truly    little    for.together    we.are.going.to.wrestle   
    And the giant laughed, he thought, "He's really small for us to wrestle together!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    upáchish    pamaruk'áraar    ukráam    upaathkúrih   
    then    then    he.threw.him.down    the.giant    lake    he.threw.him.into.water   
    Then he threw the giant down, he threw him in the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text