Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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ífuth behind
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1504 | revised Jun 26 2014
ífuth • N • behind
Derivatives (7)
ifuchkávanach "broken-off dentalia end"
ifuchtîimich "last one"
ifuchtîimich "last time"
ifuth'ahóovaan "junior priestess, who walks behind in ceremony (Kroeber & Gifford pp. 26 ff., pp. 50 ff.)"
ífuthkam "behind; backward"
ífuthkamha "(small end) to point"
ifuthkám'iipma "a man's name, James Tom Sr."
Source: WB 412, p.335
- xás pamu'ífuth xás upithvásip pamukrívraam. And behind her then he packed up his house. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 043]
- uum vúra hitíhaan ífuth kích u'áhootiheesh pa'asiktávaan. The woman will always walk behind. [Reference: TK 94.16]
Sentence examples (3)
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xás pihnêefich upíip "
thúfkaam vúra vúrunihi nani'ífuth."
So Coyote said, "Let a big creek flow down behind me!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma xás "
nani'ífuth thúfkaam kam'árihish."
And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!"Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
xás pamu'ífuth xás upithvásip pamukrívraam.
And behind her then he packed up his house.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text