Karuk Dictionary
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asáxvuh turtle, Pacific turtle; lock (on a door)
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lexicon ID #645 | revised Nov 02 2005
asáxvuh • N • turtle, Pacific turtle; lock (on a door) Clemmys marmorata (ITIS).
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asaxvuhpihnîich "Old Man Turtle, a myth character"
Source: WB 154, p.322; WB ani 06:821
Note: The extension of meaning is said to be due to the fact that old-fashioned padlocks resembled turtle shells. Also called káapivanach.
- xás asáxvuh tuyship'ípanich ukrîish. And Turtle sat on a mountain-top. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 018]
- asáxvuh uum káan úkrii. Turtle lived there. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 001]
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xas úum asáxvuh papihnîich then 3.SG turtle the.old.man Then the old man (changed himself into) a turtle. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxás asáxvu tuyship'ípanich ukrîish then turtle mountain-top he.sat.down And Turtle sat down on a mountain-top. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás asáxvuh tuyship'ípanich úkrii then turtle mountain-top he.was.sitting And Turtle was sitting on a mountain-top. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás pa'asáxvuh kun'êe pá'aah then Turtle they.gave.him the.fire And they gave the fire to Turtle. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textasáxvu uum káan úkrii turtle 3.SG there he.lived Turtle lived there. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text