Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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thúkin gall, bile; (in compounds) blue, green, yellow

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6014 | revised Jan 29 2016

thúkin • N • gall, bile; (in compounds) blue, green, yellow

Derivatives (18; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1469, p.390

Note: Cf. asathukin'ávahkam 'placename, lit. above-yellow-rock'.

  • thúkin tóokuuyva. He has jaundice. (Lit., 'Bile hit him.') [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 341]

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  1. chavúra    kun'uum    vúra    uum    yâamach    peethívthaaneen    kípa    thúkin   
    finally    they.arrived    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    the.country    like    bile   
    Finally they arrived, the country was beautiful and green.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  2. hâari    aax    tóo    sáansur    payíkihar    káru    hâari    thúkin   
    sometime    blood    she.had    take.off    the.sick    also    sometime    bile   
    Sometimes she took blood off of the sick person, and sometimes bile.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text