Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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-oo Habitual

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4384 | revised Nov 08 2005

-oo SUFF • Habitual

Derivatives (5)
ahávoo "herd toward"
akúnvoo "to hunt sometimes"
inóohvoo "(pl.) to stay all the time"
itvuvóo "to keep looking"
úmoo "to go habitually"


Sentence examples (5)

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  1. pu'áapúnmutihara hôoy vaa poovȃaramootih.
    She did not know where he kept going all the time.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text
  2. xás uxus, " hôoy áta kuniyaarámootih, patóo kxurarahaak."
    And he thought, "I wonder where they always go when evening comes?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  3. xás mah'íitnihach uum vúrava ukvatankôotih.
    So he always went early in the morning to gather sweathouse wood.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  4. vaa ík káan i'uumêesh pámita nu'ínoohvootihirak pa'aasívak.
    You must go there where we used to stay, in the cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  5. víriva kúuk tá kun'ahávoo páchishiih.
    The dogs would herd them there (towards the traps).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text