Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ikxúrik to mark; to decorate; to write

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2304 | revised Aug 22 2005

ikxúrik • V • to mark; to decorate; to write

Derivatives (23; show derivatives)

Source: WB 555, p.343; TK 35.1, 104.11, 117.26, 163.2

  • úuhyan nikxúrikti. I'm writing words. [Reference: KV]
  • vaa vúra kich kunkupeekxúrikahiti peeheerasípnuuk. That's the way they make the design on a tobacco basket. [Reference: TK 104.11]

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  1. pa'ikxúrikar iyúunkuriheesh pay'ôok.
    You are gonna put the pencil there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  2. kiikxúrikeeshap yâamachich.
    I'll paint you pretty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. pamikun'axvâa kiikxúrikeeshap yâamachich."
    I'll paint your heads pretty."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. xás ukxúrikvunaa.
    So he painted them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. miník kiikxúrikeeshap, yâamach kiikyâavishap."
    I'll paint you, I'll make you pretty!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. koovúra paniníshaanva ishpúk kamikxúrikarahiti káru fúrax."
    Let all my clothes be decorated with money and woodpecker heads!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. kunikxúrikarati panyúrar káru ikritápkir káru tíiptiip.
    They were decorated with bear-lily leaves and five-finger fern and chain fern.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text

  8. xás asayátha mûuk pakunikxúriktih.
    And they made the design with a sharp stone.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text

  9. pa'amkír káan utháaniv, xás ukxúrikahiti ávahkam ípaha.
    The table is sitting there, and a tree is drawn on top.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text