Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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

mâasukam (a short distance) up a creek, or up the Salmon River

masúhsav Salmon River, including its North Fork

masúruk (a considerable distance) up a creek, up the Salmon River

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

páramvuram boiling basket, to cook venison or 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

pimnaníh'aama summer salmon

pipúniich salmon tail

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

tâatsur / tâatsuru- to cut off (salmon tail)

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

yumaará'aama hookbill salmon; dog salmon