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

ifmaanahîichva / ifmanahîichvu- (man) to acquire a mistress

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1477 | revised Oct 31 2014

ifmaanahîichva / ifmanahîichvu- • V • (man) to acquire a mistress

Literally: 'to get married in pretense'

Derivation:  ifmâaraha-hiichva  (= ifmâar-ha-hiichva)
marry.a.woman-imitation  (= married.man-DENOM-imitation)

Source: WB 406.1.1, p.335

  • vaa ukúphaanik a'iknêechhan, ôok pamuhrôoha úkrii, xás tishráam ufmananahîichva. This is what Peregrine Falcon did, his wife lived here, and he had a mistress in Scott Valley. [Reference: T26.3]

Sentence example (1)


Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. xás tíshraam ufmaanahîichva.
    And he had a mistress in Scott Valley.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text