Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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aktiin / aktíina- to rest one's hand on (something)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #294 | revised Oct 31 2014

aktiin / aktíina- • V • to rest one's hand on (something)

Derivative (1)
aktinákir "handrest, stone just outside the door of a dwelling house, to put one's hand on as one crawls out through the door and rises to one's feet; now also used for a railing, e.g. on a bridge"

  • ni'aktíinati. I rest my hand on it. [Reference: JPH mat 15:847]

See iktiin 'to walk with a cane'

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  1. káan kúna pamukun'aktinakírak vaa káru vúra pu'aapúnmutihara.
    The grasping stones there (at the doorway) didn't know either.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text