Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ásivar / ásivan to go (somewhere) to sleep

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lexicon ID #681 | revised Oct 31 2014

ásivar / ásivan V • to go (somewhere) to sleep

  • ikmaháchraam takun'ásivanva. They went to the sweathouse to sleep. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 050]


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  1. kunpámvaar    kun'ivyíihrupuk    ikmaháchraam        kun'ásivanva   
    they.finished.eating    they.went.outdoors    sweathouse    PERF    they.went.(somewhere).to.sleep   
    When they got through eating, they went outdoors, they went to their sweathouse to sleep.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text