Karuk Dictionary
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-ak Locative; at, in, to
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #232 | revised May 09 2005
-ak • SUFF • Locative; at, in, to
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achípchiinkirak "a placename, Bluenose"
achipyâak "very center"
apsunxárak "plant sp."
ásak_ithríhahitihan "plant sp., bitterroot, lewisia"
ásak_vaatxarakavrûukvutihan "California wood fern "
asánaamkarak "Stony Flat, a placename near Ike's Falls"
asapatxáxak "crack in a rock"
asavêehkak "The Three Sisters"
aseeshtákak "a placename near Katimin"
ásipak "placename near Teneyck Creek, at Katimin"
asipakmâam "placename, a target station near Katimin"
asipákthuuf "Teneyck Creek"
asxâatak "placename near Orleans"
áxaak "cliff, landslide"
axaasúruk "placename, near Ukonom"
fátaak "somewhere ; anywhere"
fátaakva "somewhere"
ikríhak "on the fishing platform"
ikrírihak "steep hillside"
ikrírihunihak "in a canyon"
iktákak "deep notch; zigzag design used on head banners; ditch"
iktaktakakávaras "a plant, alum root"
impúrak "a place upriver from Happy Camp"
íshipishrihak "at Ishi Pishi"
ishnimvánakach "goldfinch"
ishráamak "a placename, just downhill from Big Bar"
ishramakáthuuf "Slate Creek"
ishramaká'uuy "Shelton Butte"
ishtákak "a placename, above Perch Creek"
ivaxráhak "on dry ground"
karúk'aasak "placename, "at the rock at Katimin Spring""
kasahéemvirak "placename above Clear Creek"
kitaxríhak "placename, near Orelans"
súruvarak "hole through (e.g. in a pipe)"
taakrípaak "placename, near Clear Creek"
tôonak "town"
tûuyvuk "placename near Ullathorne Creek"
tuyvukmâam_va'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
tuyvúkthuuf "Ullathorne Creek"
ukramkírik "placename, near Sandy Bar Creek"
ukram'ithríkirak "placename, near Ike's Falls"
vúrishrihak "placename near Ameekyaram"
xanachyuhikôorak "a placename, east of úynaam"
xavramníhak "in a house-pit"
xeepríhak "cliff"
xuumnípaak "placename near Dillon Creek"
yâak "good place, lucky place"
yâakha "to be a good place"
yíthuk "elsewhere, in a different place"
yíthukam "on the other side"
yithukánva "at different places; separately"
yuhxavramníhak "house site at Katimin"
Source: WB G621.1
Note: The allomorph -kan occurs irregularly with a few nouns, e.g. tíikan 'in the hand', sipnúukan 'in the storage basket'.
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apmaanak "in your mouth" (spoken by Lucille Albers)
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pamkírak "on the table" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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ípahak "in the tree" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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