Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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huuk to where?; to somewhere

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1403 | revised Nov 07 2014

huuk QW • to where?; to somewhere Variant: húuka.

Source: WB 387, p.334


Sentence examples (6)


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  1. uum vúra kunxúseentihanik kíri hûuk u'uum, vúra kunvîihanik.
    They had been wishing for him to go off, for they disliked him.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  2. kári xás upíip pihnêefich, " yee! hûut inísheesh pamí'aan, húuk paathmi.
    And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  3. húuk kích paathmi."
    Just throw it (away) someplace!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  4. xás uxúti " húuk áta tá kun'uum, paninihrôohas."
    And he thought, "I wonder where my wives have gone?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  5. xás uxús " miník ni'aapúnmeesh ' húuk áta patá kun'uum.'"
    And he thought, "I'll find out where they've gone, all right."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  6. xás uxús " húuka áta tu'uum."
    And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text