Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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-mar / -mara- to finish doing
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4212 | revised Oct 31 2014
-mar / -mara- • SUFF • to finish doing
Derivatives (3)
imyáhumar "to be exhausted (with fatigue)"
iykáravar "to finish killing"
vupákpaakmar "to finish cutting up"
Note: Generally used with ip- 'iterative'.
Sentence examples (4)
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tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun."
"I am tired, let me down!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun."
"I am tired, let me down!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
yíiv vúra nuthyuruveesh,
chími âapun,
tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun,
tá nichnahirúvuukva,
chími âapun,
tá nithurirúvuukva,
chími âapun."
"We will drag you far away. Let me down, I am tired! Let me down, I am defecating all over myself, let me down, please! I am urinating all over myself, let me down!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
vaa vúra ník kun'áapunmutihanik káru,
vaa uum yáv papírish ávahkam kunithyúruthunatihaak patá kunpúhthaampimarahaak.
They also knew that it was good to drag a bush around on the top after sowing.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text