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

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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imxaxa- to crack

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2602 | revised Jun 28 2005

imxaxa- • V • to crack

Derivatives (2)
imxáxaar "to become cracked"
imxáxasur "(skin) to scale off"

Source: WB 616, p.346

Note: Bound stem, occurring with suffixes. Cf. ikxaxáxax 'to split wood', ishxax 'to be torn', íxax 'to shred'.

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  1. tóo mxaxasúroo, tu'ur.
    It was scaling off, it was peeling.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text