Karuk Dictionary
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Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3731 | revised Jun 26 2014
-kam • SUFF • side
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áavkam "ahead, in front of"
asathukin'ávahkam "placename near Orleans"
ávahkam "over, on top"
avahkámvaas "waist (i.e. the upper part) of a dress"
avahkamvárih "towards the top"
avahkamyukúkuh "rubber(s)"
avkam'ahóovaan "senior priestess in the world-renewal ceremonies at Katimin and Orleans (Kroeber & Gifford, p. 7)"
axavnukvásihkam "placename, a target station near Katimin"
axrátipkam "a placename downriver from Kenek"
ás'aavkam "a placename near Katimin"
ifuchkávanach "broken-off dentalia end"
ífuthkam "behind; backward"
ífuthkamha "(small end) to point"
ifuthkám'iipma "a man's name, James Tom Sr."
íikamkam "on the outside of a house, on the 'outside side' of a house"
imáankam "the next day"
imtaxá'uuthkam "part of Orleans"
ípankam "on top"
ithivthaneen'ávahkam "on land"
ithváaykam "front"
ithyárukirakam "across-stream"
ithyárukirukam "on the other side of the river"
ithyukírukam "interior side of a house"
iv'ávahkam "(on the) roof"
ivíthvaaykam "(in) front of the house"
ivkúkam "entrance way to a house"
ivratirihkároom "a placename near Ten Eyck Creek"
kâakam "a short distance upriver"
kánookamich "placename_(dimin.)"
károokam "on a height upriver (i.e. uphill and upriver)"
károokam "placename near Pearch Creek"
károom "on a height upriver (i.e. uphill and upriver)"
karukúkam "upriverward"
kooch'ivkôothkam "placename, across- and up-river from kóoch'iiv"
kútutukam "on the left-hand side"
kûukam "in that direction, in that way"
páy_nanu'ávahkam "sky"
páy_nanu'ávahkam_áhootihanik "moon"
páy_nanu'ávahkam_veekxavnamíchmiif "name of a mythical personage"
sú'kam "inside"
súrukam "under, underneath"
surukampôor "men's underwear; underwear (women's or men's)"
surukámsaanva "underwear"
surukamyáfus "woman's underwear, slip, underskirt of a woman's dress"
thufkároom "placename, near Rock Creek"
thufkaróomthuuf "Rock Creek"
tihkároom "near Ti Bar"
tíhyurukam "placename, near Ti Bar"
yíthakam "in one way ; in another way"
yíthukam "on the other side"
yôorakam "to one side; back part of an Indian house, opposite the entrance"
yupatrih'ávahkam "eyebrow"
yúrukam "uphill downriver, i.e. on a height downriver"
yûukam "(a short distance) downriver"
yûukamich "a little ways downriver (dimin.)"
yuunúkamich "uphill downriver"
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