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

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áhoo to go, walk, travel, arrive (here)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #205 | revised Nov 07 2014

áhoo V • to go, walk, travel, arrive (here)

Derivatives (9)
ahóokir "to go by way of (a place)"
ahóokir "sidewalk"
áhoosav "to pass by"
asóokir "flume"
avkam'ahóovaan "senior priestess in the world-renewal ceremonies at Katimin and Orleans (Kroeber & Gifford, p. 7)"
ifuth'ahóovaan "junior priestess, who walks behind in ceremony (Kroeber & Gifford pp. 26 ff., pp. 50 ff.)"
ípahoo "to go back"
páy_nanu'ávahkam_áhootihanik "moon"
ukraman'áhoo "man's name, Sandy Bar Jim"

Source: WB 41, p.315

  • pachími upvâarameesh, kachakâachich xás vaa upikífkirur, kun'áhoovishik áxak pa'êemsha. When (Bluejay) was about to go home, Chipmunk sent word by her that two doctors must come. [Reference: Chipmunk & Hummingbird 010]
  • mâa ôok tani'áhoo. Here I come. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 368]


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