Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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chivchak / chivchaka- door

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1185 | revised Oct 31 2014

chivchak / chivchaka- • N • door

Derivation:  chiv-chak
peek-closing.up

Derivatives (7)
chivcháaksur "to open a door"
chivcháaksur "door"
chivchak "to close a door"
chivchákar "door (of living house); doorknob"
chivchaksurúraam "door"
ikxurikachivchaksurúraam "post office"
tasachivchaksurúraam "gate"

Source: WB 308.1, p.331

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  1. xás pa'avansáxiich upíshkaakrupuk, sákriiv vúra úkyav páchivchak.
    Then the boy jumped out again, he made the door tight.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text