Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ikrii life

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1975 | revised Dec 03 2014

ikrii • N • life

Derivation:  ikriv-a  (= ikrii-a-a)
living-DEVERB  (= live-DEVERB-DEVERB)

  • vúra kúnish tookâarimha pananíkrii. It's as though my life has become bad. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 227]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. vaa vúra ip pa'aapúnmuti vaa vúra kich vaa kuméekrii.
    We only knew that kind of living.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  2. hãã, vaa vúra kich i'aapúnmuti vaa kuméekrii.
    Yes, you only knew that kind of living.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  3. pananichishíh'anamahach itháan káruk nu'ípasroovat, káan úkrii chishih'aneekyáavaan.
    Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  4. patá kunkôohaak iinâak véekrii xás vaa káan tá kunvôonupuk.
    When they were finished staying inside, then they crawled out there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text