Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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thiv (one inanimate object) to lie, be

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5957 | revised Jan 29 2016

thiv V • (one inanimate object) to lie, be

Derivatives (26; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1454, p.389

Note: There is a change to transitive meaning with most directional suffixes, e.g., in thiivkúrih 'to put into water'.

  • símsiim káan uthiv. A knife is lying there. [Reference: KV]
  • yánava vúra púfaat peekrívraam, pufáat vúra thêera. She saw there was no house, nothing was there. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 045]


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