Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

This is the public version of Ararahih'urípih. Click here for the password-protected private version (which includes some restricted-access text content).

New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency

Search Index

piikívmath to put necklaces on (someone)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4811 | revised May 18 2016

piikívmath • V • to put necklaces on (someone)

Derivation:  p-íikiv-math
wear.necklace-CAUS

Source: WB 458.2, p.338

  • kári xás chémi, kiikpiikívmathap. And they said, "All right, let's put necklaces on him!" [Reference: WB T42.3]

Sentence examples (3)


Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. kári    xás    chémi    kiikpiikívmathap   
    then    then    all.right    let's.put.necklaces.on.you.guys!   
    And (they said), "All right, put necklaces on them!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  2. xás    chími    áxvaay    núpiikivmathi   
    then    soon    crane    let's.put.necklaces.on.him   
    And (they said), "Let's put necklaces on Crane."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    ta'ítam    kunpíikivmathaheen   
    then    then    so    they.put.necklaces.on.him   
    So they put necklaces on him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text