Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
This is the public version of
Ararahih'urípih. Click here for the
password-protected private version (which includes
some restricted-access text content).
New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6300 | revised Nov 11 2005
úuh • N • tobacco
Derivatives (28; show derivatives)
Derivatives (28; hide derivatives)
anach'úhish "mistletoe "
asóohraam "stone pipe"
eem'úhraam "doctor's pipe, larger than an ordinary pipe"
ikxurika'úhraam "cigarette"
sak'us'úhish "plant sp., lovage"
simsim'úhraam "metal pipe (as for water)"
úh'aaf "nicotine, extracted from pipe-stem, eaten as cure for boils"
úhaf "nicotine, the pitchy substance that accumulates in a pipe"
uh'áhakuv "name of one of the days in the new-year ceremony"
uhcháamach "man's name, Pete Henry"
uhíchanach "a plant"
uhípih "tobacco stem, ground and used for ceremonies"
uhipih'íkchurar "tobacco stem pestle"
úhish "seed"
úhishha "to go to seed"
úhnaamich "pipe for smoking (dimin.)"
uhnamtunvêech "cigarettes"
uhraam "pipe, tobacco pipe of any kind"
uhram'ápmaan "mouthpiece of a pipe"
uhsípnuuk "tobacco basket (O'Neale, p. 40) "
uhtatváraar "tobacco tonging inserter, i.e. sticks used in sweathouse to light pipes"
uhtayvaráraam "placename near Orleans"
úhthaam "garden"
uhtháamha "to plant"
uhthamha'ávaha "vegetables"
uhthiishrívraam "placename, a rock upslope of Katimin Spring"
xavish'úhraam "simple arrowwood pipe, without a bowl"
xuparish'úhish "yew berries"
Source: WB 1480, p.390; TK 45.2
Note: Equiv. to ihêeraha. Used mainly in combinations like uhípih 'tobacco stem'.
-
áxak usúpaaha ukôoheesh víri vaa kári peehêeraha uvêenarati, pá'uuh u'áhakumti. On the eighth day he prays over tobacco, he goes toward tobacco. [Reference: TK 244.3]
Sentence examples
(43)
Include derivatives: yes | no