Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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yaayâach better

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7018 | revised Feb 09 2016

yaayâach • V • better

Derivation:  yav-yâach  (= yav yav-ach)
good-Intensive  (= good good-DIM)

  • kári xás ni'íripkurih, matêe kumayaayâach. And then I dug down in, every minute it was getting better. [Reference: DF 05: Finding Gold 008]

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  1. xas    yítha    upíip    "pûuhara    yaayâach    papihníich    núpeen    tá    nupiyâaram   
    then    one    she.said    no    better    the.old.man    we.tell.him    PERF    we.are.going.back   
    But the other said, "No, it is better to tell the old man before we go."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. kari    xás    ni'íripkurih    matée    kumayaayaach   
    then    then    I.dug.down    later    its.better   
    The farther down I dug the better luck I had.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text