Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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éekoons acorns

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1231 | revised Nov 17 2014

éekoons • N • acorns

Source: WB 329, p.332

Note: From English, perhaps borrowed to fill the lack of a generic term in Karuk.

  • pa'áama kun'áamti káru vúra pa'éekoons. They ate the salmon and the acorns. [Reference: WB T68.10]

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  1. pa'áama kun'áamti káru vúra pa'éekoons.
    They ate the salmon and the acorns.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  2. káakum pa'éekoons táay vúra tá kun'ífik, xás itahara'átimnam kóo tóo píishha.
    Some people gathered a lot of acorns, and put as many as ten baskets to soak.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  3. xás koovúra vaa kun'áamtih, papúufich káru pa'áama káru pa'éekoons káru pápiish.
    And they ate all that, the deer and the salmon and the acorns and the soaked acorns.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  4. xás asípkaam tumáhyaan pa'éekoons.
    And they put the acorns in a big soup-basket.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text