Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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únuhich kidney

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6243 | revised Jan 21 2016

únuhich • N • kidney

Literally: 'little round thing'

Derivation:  úruh-ich
round-DIM

Derivative (1)
tiiptip'únuhich "California wood fern"

Source: WB 1497.1, p.391; TK xxxv.5

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  1. xás    pa'únuhich    kich    tupáthih   
    then    the.kidney    only    he.threw.to.him   
    Then he threw only the kidney to him.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. xás    tóo    mnish    pa'únuhich   
    then    he    cook    the.kidney   
    Then he cooked the kidney.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  3. xás    kúkuum    papúufich    kinpáthih    pa'únuhich   
    then    again    the.deer    he.threw.to.them    the.kidney   
    Then again he threw the deer's kidney to them.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text