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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fâat / fata- what?, something

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1281 | revised Nov 07 2014

fâat / fata- PRON • what?, something

Derivatives (12; show derivatives)

Source: WB 350, p.333

  • fâat i'áveesh. What are you going to eat? [Reference: Richardson 1993:13]
  • vaa kumá'ii paxáas tu'iv, pu'uum, vúra fâat kumakêemish áamtihan. That's why he almost died, he didn't eat any kind of poison. [Reference: Violet's Dog]


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  1. fâat "what" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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