Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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imfiráriik hot place

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2428 | revised Nov 14 2014

imfiráriik • N • hot place

Derivation:  imfir-riik  (= imfir-a-rii-k)
hot-place  (= be.hot-DEVERB-place-LOC)

  • kári xás takunsuváxrah maakavánihich, pu'imfiráriikhara. Then they dry it a little back (from the fireplace), not where it's hot. [Reference: TK 139.33]

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  1. xás vaa imfiráriik tá kuníkyav vúra.
    And they made it a hot place.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text