Karuk Dictionary
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ikfuk to climb; to crawl
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1777 | revised Nov 07 2014
ikfuk • V • to climb; to crawl
Derivatives (10)
ikfukráakaam "steep"
ikfúkunih "to climb downhillward from here"
ikfúkuthun "to crawl around"
ikfúkuvraa "to climb over"
ikfuukfúruk "to crawl indoors"
ikfúukma "to crawl to"
ikfúukraa "to climb up from downhill"
ikfúukripaa "to crawl ashore"
ikfúuksip "to get up (from a lying position)"
tapu'ikfúuksiprivtihara_pa'axákiichkaru "name of a large dentalium"
Source: WB 449, p.337
Note: Cf. ífuk- (pl.) 'to crawl'.
Sentence examples (33)
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chími ikfúuksipriv!
It's time to get up!Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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viri kúna vúra ithyárukirukam kumavîitkir chími ukfúkuvravish.
He was about to climb over the ridge on the other side of the creek.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
kári xás máruk níkfuukraa, chavúra máruk ípan nikfúkuvraa.
Then I climbed uphill and finally I climbed over the hill top.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
xayvéekva kúkuum nipíkfuuksip.
By luck, I once again get up on my feet.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
naa vúra itíhaan máh'iitnihich níkfuuksipriv.
I always get up early.Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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xás úkfuukraanik ikurâak.
Then he climbed up slope.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
xás uum vúra váa póokfuukraanik pirishkâarim upárihishrihanik.
And when he climbed up slope he was metamorphosed into the grizzly bear.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
yánava pakúusrah tóokfuk súpaah!
Look the sun is getting up!Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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pa'ávansa máruk tóo kfúkuraa.
The man went uphill.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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naa káru máruk tá nikfúkuraa.
I walked uphill too.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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chími ikfúuksip payêem.
It's time to get up!Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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tá kári chími ikfúuksip.
It's time to get up!Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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xás vúra vaa sáruk ukfukúraa.
And he climbed all the way back up from downhill.Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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yáxa máruk tóo kfúkuvraa.
Look, he climbed up there.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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táníkfuuksip,
táni'áki,
aas tá ni'akih.
I'd get up, I'd feed him, I'd give him water.Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text -
xás uxus, "
tîi kúuk kaníkfuukmi."
And he thought, "Let me crawl to it."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
xás sâam ukfúkunih.
And he crept downhill.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás vúra tá pu'áhootihara,
vúra tóo kfuuktih.
And he wasn't walking any more, he was creeping by now.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás kári ikúkak úkfuukar.
And he crept out on a log.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás úkfuukripaa.
And he crawled ashore.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás úkfuukfuruk.
So he crawled in.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
pookfúkuvraa, yánava ithyáruk xás tuváruprav pakúusrah.
When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge).Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text -
âanxus upíkfuukraa.
Weasel climbed back uphill.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text -
tishravará'iivreer tupikfúkuvraa.
He came over Etna Mountain.Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text -
káru kaanvári tá níkfuukraa.
And I climb up there.Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text -
xurishaxara'ifápiit pamúkuraa kaanvári tá níkfuukraa.
I climb up there on the Ridge of Long Acorn-Meats Young-Woman.Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text -
kári xás poovâaram,
mâamvanihich tóo kfuukra.
So when he went, he climbed a little ways uphill.Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
xás máruk úkfuukraa.
Then he climbed uphill.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás máruk úkfuukraa.
And he climbed uphill.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás úkfuukraa.
And he climbed uphill.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
táma ukfuukrâaheen.
Then he went up the hill.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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chavúra vaa káan úum máruk ukfúkuvraa.
Then he had gotten there, up on top of the hill.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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