Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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-ka / -ku- to; onto
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3661 | revised Dec 18 2014
-ka / -ku- • SUFF • to; onto
Derivatives (76; show derivatives)
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áahka "to set fire to (something), to burn (something), to burn down (as a house)"
áaka "to hit (with an implement); to chop (with an ax)"
ákaa "to carry plural objects against one's shoulder"
akooná'anamahach "hatchet"
akôor "axe, hatchet (not used before coming of whites)"
akoorákaam "axe (as opposed to hatchet)"
apúnka "to bewitch, to devil"
arara'ifchikinkôor "a flower, baby-blue-eyes"
arara'iftakankôor "a plant"
árihkaa "to run inside"
chishihíknaapkar "horseshoe"
furax'imthátapkar "board for mounting woodpecker scalps"
ifchíkinka "to be stuck onto"
ihyáka "to fasten (long object) onto"
íifka "to fit on, to go with, to be connected with"
íifkuti "clothes"
íinka "to be on fire, to burn"
iinkárav "to burn up"
iinkúvath "to burn (something)"
íishrimka "to drink away from (someone)"
ikmúumka "to gang up on (in fight)"
iknáapka "to nail (something) on"
iknáapkaha "to be on (a surface)"
iknáapkar "horseshoe"
ikninihkóoch "edgewise feathering (of arrows, when three half-blades of feathers are attached edgewise)"
ikríchuska "to hang (something) in a bunch"
ikríivka "to hold on to"
ikrírihka "place edgewise to, as when three half-blades of feathers are attached edgewise to an arrow with their planes parallel"
ikríxavka "to put a bunch (of things) on"
ikrúkukaa "to poke in"
ikrúupka "to sew on"
ikshúupka "to point at"
ikváayka "to lean against"
ikxíipka "to fly onto"
ikyíimka "(of a disease) to strike a person"
ímahka "to despise"
imfíinka "to be hot on (something)"
imkúuka "to shine on"
imthátapka "to tie (something) onto (something)"
imthatáraanka "to nail onto ; to lash onto"
inhíka "to tie onto"
inhitáraanka "to tie onto"
ipshíinka "to disappear"
iptháanka "to put back on"
ishkáaska "testicles"
ishnáapka "to put on"
ishríika "to tie a tumpline, a strap slung across the forehead or the chest to support a load carried on the back"
ishríikar "bowstring, tumpline (for packbasket, etc.). (Fritz & Sylvester)"
ithxupkôoch "flat feathering of an arrow"
ithxúupka "to cling to; to hang on the side of something, as fly on wall or bird on the side of a tree"
itkaa "to look at"
íxupka "to stick (something) onto"
íxupkiish "to lie against (pl.)"
ixupkôoch "something stuck on flatways (not edgeways); flat feathering (of an arrow); fingernail (old name)"
iytáramka "to hold (something) against"
iyúunka "to poke with a long object"
kúka "to touch against"
kuníihka "to shoot at (a person or animal)"
sishaf'íknaapkar "wood duck"
tápichka "to slip to"
tárivka "to pour onto"
taxúnkoo "spread with (as bread with butter)"
tayvárarimka "to spoil (for someone)"
tháanka "to put onto"
thîivakar "drying rack (in a house)"
thíivka "to put on"
thíramkaa "to trail (e.g. deer) to (a place)"
thurívkaa "to urinate on"
unúkooch "to bud"
vánakaar "turtleneck sweater"
vôonka "to crawl into (a place)"
yeenipharáthiinka "(adolescent boy) to have the voice change"
yúuhka "to spit on"
iktháaxka "to hit something with something else"
imshaxvuh'ákoor "gum axe"
xáapka "to kick"
Note: -kaa occurs after stems of certain forms, otherwise -ka / -ku is used. Combination with -va 'pl. action' is -koo.
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