Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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thúuf creek

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6026 | revised Nov 03 2015

thúuf • N • creek

Derivatives (45; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1464, p.389

Note: Synonymous with saamvároo 'creek' , but thúuf is used more often in the names of creeks.

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  1. pa'úuth kunpípaathkar thúfip xás uthivrúhish.
    When they threw him back in the river, he then floated ashore at Requa.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. xás uthítiv páthuuf uvúrunihva.
    And he heard a creek flowing down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. xás kúkuum uthítiv páthuuf.
    So he heard a creek again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. kári xás thúfip mumáruk tóo kvíripvarak.
    Then he ran down from upriver, to a place uphill from Requa.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  5. xás pihnêefich upíip " thúfkaam vúra vúrunihi nani'ífuth."
    So Coyote said, "Let a big creek flow down behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  6. xás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma xás " nani'ífuth thúfkaam kam'árihish."
    And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. xás vúra papihnîich ucháfichti pa'ípih, xás aax kích uthuufhíti poocháfichtih.
    And the old man was gnawing the bones, and nothing but blood was streaming as he gnawed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  8. xás u'uum, pathúufak.
    And he got to the creek.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text