Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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imthátirih to clamp salmon between two sticks, to broil it over a fire

iphíruprav / iphírupram- to take salmon out (from water)

ípuniich spawned-out salmon, turning white

íruravahiv spring salmon ceremony

ishiráthuuf South Fork of the Salmon River

kahyúfish upriver salt, from near Captain's place, delicious in salmon soup

kôor to stick something through something, as a stick through a piece of salmon for cooking

máanha / máanhi- to cut (salmon) in thin slabs for drying, with skin on one side

masúhsav Salmon River, including its North Fork

má'su' up a tributary of the Klamath River, either a creek or the Salmon River

namnupákaam placename, Haypress Meadows, between the Salmon and Klamath rivers

nûurit a type of salmon, Sockeye Salmon, "egg thief"

ôot backbone of salmon

pahípvuruvruk swift place in the Salmon River just downstream of thufêen

pakôor / pakoora- comb-stick ; leech; juvenile eel, perhaps specific to the Salmon River

paramvará'as / paramvara'asa- boiling stone for salmon

paramvurám'as / paramvuram'asa- boiling stone for salmon

pásay salmon beetle

pásayha / pásayhi- (salmon meal) to be wormy

pathyúuxfakirak name of a rock at Forks of Salmon

pávat king salmon, "dog salmon", mature male at spawning season

pishpêen strips of salmon sliced off backbone, esp. from achvuun

pithímvaruv salmon trap

samnâanak Forks of Salmon, a Konomihu Shastan town

samnanaktíshraam Forks of Salmon Valley

sápik poker, for stirring fire; or "poker-stick", the spit or stick on which salmon or deermeat is impaled for cooking

saruk'ámkuuf spring salmon ceremony

saruk'ámvaan assistant priest at the ameekyáaraam first-salmon ceremony (Kroeber and Gifford, p. 7, 36)

saruk'iyruhishríhaan assistant priest at the ameekyáaraam first-salmon ceremony (Kroeber and Gifford, pp. 7-8)

suf'íruhapuh salmon backbone meat

takinínaamich placename on Salmon River

tákvaax breast meat of salmon

taramníihkir / taramnihkira- deerskin cap, worn when pole is rested on the top of the head while dipping salmon

taramnîihvar / taramnihvara- dipnet for salmon

thufêen placename on the Salmon River

tivíknuupath tonsils (of human); heart (of salmon)

úuyva / úuyvu- to make salmon meal

úuyva salmon meal, i.e. flour made by pounding dried salmon

vara'ípun cooked cartilage in salmon head

varihithunákaamha / varihithunákaamhi- to be a big run (of salmon)

vutatáriihva / vutatarîihvu- to cut open (salmon tail)

xurutvárayva vein along backbone of a salmon

yúfmaan split-open salmon head

yuhikríhar / yuhikrihara- large fishnet for catching salmon and sturgeons

yuhírim stone knife, Indian knife; flint knife used to cut salmon