Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ifyuk / ifyúku- to go around (a place); to wander

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1521 | revised Oct 31 2014

ifyuk / ifyúku- • V • to go around (a place); to wander

Derivatives (2)
ifyúkaan "traveler"
ifyukúraam "place to go around"

Source: WB 415, p.336

  • xánahich vúra ôok tóofyuk. He's been around here for some time. [Reference: KV]
  • káruk íp nifyúkutihat ítam. Earlier today I was wandering around upriver. [Reference: WB T91.1]

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  1. nuu vúra pakuma'áraaras vúra pufâat úhish ipsháruktihaphanik, xáat máruk kunifyúkutihanik.
    Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  2. pu'îikam neefyúkutihara.
    I can’t take a walk outdoors.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. víri vaa kuthítiimtiheesh, pánaa kâarim tá nixus, peeshviripshúruk poofyúkutihat, yakún na vaa peeshvírip."
    You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  4. áxak kunifyúkuti asiktávaansa kôokaninay.
    Two women wandered around everywhere.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. káruk íp nifyúkutihat ítam.
    Earlier today I was going around upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text

  6. payôok yurástiim kunifyúkiichvutih pa'ávansa káru payeeripáxvuh.
    Here the man and the girl are taking a walk on the seashore.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text