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

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akâay who?; anyone

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #234 | revised Nov 07 2014

akâay PRON • who?; anyone Variant: akáray.

Derivative (1)
akâayva "anyone, someone, whoever"

Source: WB 52, p.316

Note: After pu- 'not,' the allomorphs akára and kára occur.

  • kunípaanik, akáray áta. They said, "We'll see who wins." [Reference: KS2.Turtle & Abalone 002]
  • chími akâay kích kiikpíkaan. Go fetch someone else! [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 016]


Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (30)

  1. akâay "who" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  2. akâay "who" (spoken by Lucille Albers)
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