Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ikrívkih / ikrivkiha- six

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2027 | revised Dec 02 2014

ikrívkih / ikrivkiha- • NUM • six

Derivatives (4)
iknívkihich "only six"
ikrívkihaan "sixth month of the Karuk year, "April""
ikrívkihakan "at six places"
ikrivkihitráhyar "sixty"

Source: WB 494, p.340

Note: The dimin. is iknívkihich 'only six'.

  • kári xás ikrívkih tanipvíkpath sárumuuk. Then I twine six times around with pine root. [Reference: TK 122.7]

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  1. yánava kári vúra sú kári xas vaa kúna nithyúrurupuk táma ikrívki papihnêefichtunvêechas
    And there was one more still inside. Then I pulled out that one too. There they were, six little coyotes!
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text