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

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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pufich'iykáraan deer-slayer

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lexicon ID #5095 | revised Aug 23 2005

pufich'iykáraan N • deer-slayer

  • kíri vaa mikun'ávan íf pufich'iykáraansas. We wish your husbands were such real deer-slayers! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 010]


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  1. chi    váa    kúuk    kiik'uumi    kíri    váa    káan    ku'iin    kíri    vaa    mikun'ávan    íf    pufich'iykáraansas   
    soon    that    to.there    you.guys.go.there    I.wish    that    there    you.guys.live    I.wish    that    your.husband    truly    deer-slayers   
    "Go over there to live! That's where we want you to live! You had better marry those boys, they are such good hunters!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text