Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

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


Search Index

fúhish to believe, trust, obey

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1329 | revised Nov 03 2005

fúhish V • to believe, trust, obey

Source: WB 361, p.333

  • kári xás ík nifuhísheesh pá'uum káru ikxaréeyav. Then I shall believe that she is an ikxaréeyav too. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 039b]
  • káruma vúra ník pufuhíishtihap. And they just didn't believe him. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 029]


Sentence examples (3)


Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. káruma vúra nik pufuhíishtihap.
    But they didn't believe a word of it.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. púxay fuhíshtihap.
    But they didn't mind him.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. papirishkâarim múmya tóo thyúruripaa, tufúhish, payuuxmachmahánnach upíkshaayvutih, uum áhup u'iikívtih, yiipahvuf'ímyah.
    He pulled out Grizzly's heart, (Grizzly) believed it when Lizard lied, (Lizard) was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text