Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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áak to hit (with an implement)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #15 | revised Nov 07 2014

áak • V • to hit (with an implement)

Derivatives (6)
áaka "to hit (with an implement); to chop (with an ax)"
ákoo "to club; to hit (with an implement)"
akooná'anamahach "hatchet"
akôor "axe, hatchet (not used before coming of whites)"
akoorákaam "axe (as opposed to hatchet)"
imshaxvuh'ákoor "gum axe"

Source: WB 49, p.316

  • áhup íp mûuk ná'aakat. He hit me with a stick. [Reference: KV]
  • kári xás u'aak, pihnêefich u'áak áfup. And he hit him, he hit Coyote on the buttocks. [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 023]

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  1. kári xás u'áak, pihnêefich u'áak áfup.
    And he hit him, he hit Coyote on the buttocks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text