Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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íhukvunaa flower-dance

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1597 | revised Apr 20 2014

íhukvunaa • N • flower-dance

Derivation:  íhuk-vunaa-a  (= ih-uk-vunaa-a)
do.flower.dance-PL-DEVERB  (= dance-to.here-PL-DEVERB)

  • xás kunikyâasip pa'íhukvunaa. Then they started flower-dancing. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 067]

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  1. xas kun'íkyâasip pa'íhukvunaa.
    Then they started to dance.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text