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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hih language

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1380 | revised Oct 31 2014

hih • N • language

Derivatives (4)
káhih "Shasta Language"
kishakeevráhih "Hupa language"
yúhih "Yurok language"
araráhih "the Karuk language"

Source: WB 380, p.334

  • hûut pávaa ípeenti pamíhihmuuk. What are you saying to him in your language? [Reference: KV]

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  1. araráhi ípum panuchúuphitiheesh.
    We're supposed to be talking Indian.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  2. káru pa'araráhi nu'úuhyanati, vaa ipiip " pot".
    We're [supposed to be] talking Indian language, and then you say "pot."
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  3. pay'ôok araráhi nichuuphítih.
    I am talking the Indian language right here.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about speaking Karuk (SD-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  4. chúupha ti'ítapti húm pá'ararahih?
    Do you know the Indian language?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  5. vúra uum puxich nu'ítapeesh pa'araráhih.
    We are trying to learn the Karuk language.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  6. kári xás chaka'îimich ni'apúnmiik pa'araráhih, pa'ararákuupha, pa'ararapíkvah.
    And so I slowly learned the Indian language, the Indian customs, the Indian stories.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  7. kúna vúra kúkuum ôok tá ni'uum, pananífyiivshas nimúsarukti, kári vúra pakáruk váhi ni'aapúnmiikti.
    But I've come back here again, I'm visiting my friends, and I'm still learning the Karuk language.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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