Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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táruk to scoop

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5702 | revised Dec 26 2015

táruk • V • to scoop

Derivatives (3)
tánuksip "to shovel up"
tanukyáan "to scoop out, shovel out"
tanukyáanar "shovel"

Source: WB 1323, p.383

  • pahûut kunkupatárukahiti pakuníhar, payúuv kunihyákuriheeshirak. How they dig out the arrow where the foreshaft will be inserted. [Reference: TK xxxiii.2]

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  1. tanukyáanar mûuk ni'íripeesh.
    I am going to dig with a shovel.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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