Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ávikva / avíkvu- to take, carry (one object)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #846 | revised Oct 31 2014

ávikva / avíkvu- • V • to take, carry (one object)

Derivation:  av-ik-va
av--ik-PL.ACT

Source: WB 210, p.326

  • pami'asaxuskútrahar ávikvi. Take your raincoat! [Reference: KV]
  • vaa pa'íithka u'avíkvutihaak, vaa uum pukuhítihara. When (a person) carries those feathers, he doesn't get sick. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 150]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. simsimmúruk    ni'ávikva   
    pan.for.panning.gold    I.took.it.along   
    I took a pan with me.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    uxús    pamukúntaat    hûut    áta    kúth    pa'ípun    vúra    kích    tu'avíkvuti    patu'ípakahaak   
    then    then    she.thought    their.mother    how    maybe    because.of    the.salmon.tails    Intensive    only    he.has.been.carrying    when.he.returns   
    And (the children's) mother thought, "Why, I wonder, is he carrying only the tail when he returns?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  3. yítha    uum    pa'ávansa    poo'avíkvuti    patákasar   
    one    3.SG    the.man    that.carried.it    the.tossel   
    One man carried the tossel.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text