Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ikfith to strip (as branches from a tree)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1773 | revised Nov 07 2014

ikfith • V • to strip (as branches from a tree)

Derivatives (3)
ikfíithar "trimmed tree, i.e. a fir tree stripped of all branches but two by a man, as his individual landmark"
ikfíithshur "to pick (leaves) downward, i.e. from the top down"
ikfithúnih "to strip downward"

Source: WB 448, p.337

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  1. Kúkuum
    Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text