Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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ámtaap dust, (as postpound) gray; ashes
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lexicon ID #346 | revised Nov 07 2014
ámtaap • N • dust, (as postpound) gray; ashes
Derivatives (9)
amtáapich "earthworm"
ámtaapkunish "gray"
amtapanatunvêech "a plant, the wooly sunflower"
amtapanás'anamahach "a type of lupine, the Miniature Lupine"
amtáparas "a type of lupine, the silver lupine"
amtaparaxáras "a type of thistle"
amtápnihich "ashy place (dimin.)"
asarakávriik_vaamtáparas "a plant, fennel"
ipámtaap "gray deer"
Source: WB 89, p.317
- ta'ámtaap. He's already ashes (said of the dead). [Reference: JPH ethno ?:140]
- ámtaap kích uthívpup. Just dust puffed up. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 061]
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