Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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síish penis

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5383 | revised Dec 21 2015

síish • N • penis

Derivatives (5)
atayramsishxárahar "dragonfly"
síshaf "semen"
sishaf'íknaapkar "wood duck"
sishanayâamach "pretty one having a penis, a name given to Coyote"
sishtaknúrith "man with a big penis"

Source: WB 1238, p.380

Note: JPH gives sîish. Equiv. to ihyásur.

  • ta'ítam u'axaychákishriheen pamúsiish, mútiikmuuk. So he took hold of his penis with his hand. [Reference: KT 157.2]

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  1. síshaf
    semen
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  2. kári xás upiip yítha pa'ifápiit, " ii! íf êev sishanayâamach tóo síinvar."
    And one young woman said, "Alas, dear, sishanayâamach has really drowned!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  3. xás kunpínaa, vaa kích vúra pakunipítih" sishanayâamach tóo síinvar."
    And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  4. kári xás úkpaaksur pamúsiish.
    So he cut off (part of) his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  5. xás kári kúkuum úkpaaksur pamúsiish.
    And he again cut off (part of) his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  6. ithyarukpíhriiv pamúsiish uvupaksúroonik.
    Across-the-Water Widower cut off his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  7. hínupa chantirih'îin sú' patá kunvôonkurih, vaa kúth pookpaksúrooti pamúsiish.
    There it was Tick that crawled into him, that's why he cut off his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text