Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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fíthih foot, toe; track; also used as a measure word in the sense of "twelve inches."
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1321 | revised Nov 03 2005
fíthih • N • foot, toe; track; also used as a measure word in the sense of "twelve inches."
Derivatives (9)
anachfíthih "basket design element (O'Neale, fig. 13i)"
chishihfíthih "plant sp."
fichihán'anamahach "little toe"
fithiháxpih "toenail"
fithihíkpak "generative organs of the male salmon"
fithíhkaam "big toe"
fithíhkuunhar "a man's name"
fithíhroov "to be tracks upriverward from here"
fithíhuunih "to go down feet first"
Source: WB 360, p.333
Note: Locative form can be fíthik, instead of expected fíthihak.
- fíthik tanéemchax. My feet got burned. [Reference: KS31. Coyote Calls Birds 041]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (4)
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purafátaak vúra pamukunfíthih.
No tracks anywhere.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
Xás vúra umúustih húukava patá kunívyiihma, mukunfíthih.
And he's looking at where they're going, their footprints.Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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káruma íp uum tóo yuunkat ahtúun pamufithih'ípan.
He had put oak bark in his toes.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
kári xás aah mûuk koovúra u'aahkóonaa pamukunfíthi pakuníkviit-hinaa.
So he burned all their feet with fire while they slept.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text