Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

This is the public version of Ararahih'urípih. Click here for the password-protected private version (which includes some restricted-access text content).

New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency

Search Index

áxruuh gray squirrel

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #956 | revised Nov 03 2005

áxruuh • N • gray squirrel Sciurus griseus (ITIS).

Source: WB 236, p.328; JPH ani 06:827

  • áxruuh áhup mûuk kuníktiinvuti. They were throwing sticks at the gray squirrels. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 055]

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (2)


Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. áxruu    áhup    mûuk    kuníktiinvuti   
    gray.squirrel    wood    with.(by.means.of)    they.hit.them.by.throwing.them   
    (Weasel met two boys who were trying to hunt gray squirrels, but had no bows.) They were throwing sticks at the gray squirrels.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  2. xás    upiip    chími    kúniihki    pa'áxruuh   
    then    he.said    soon    shoot.at.them!    the.gray.squirrels   
    And he said, "Shoot the gray squirrels."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text