Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

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ikyaaréeshiip the best one made

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lexicon ID #2340 | revised Nov 13 2014

ikyaaréeshiip N • the best one made

Derivation ikyâar-a-'íshiip  (= ikyav-ar-a-'íshiip)
make.up-DEVERB-most  (= make-INST-DEVERB-most)

  • xás vaa ushnákanik pakeechaséeshiipsa, pamukyaaréeshiip pa'îin. So then she had pulled up the biggest rocks, out of the dam that he had best made. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 210]