Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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impaah / impaha- trail, path, road
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lexicon ID #2472 | revised Dec 19 2014
impaah / impaha- • N • trail, path, road
Derivatives (5)
avéempaah "ladybird, "ladybug""
axímpaah "blood vessel"
impahtírih "road"
ithéempaah "along the way"
yumaaréempaah "Milky Way"
Source: WB 585, p.345
Note: Locative form is impaak 'on the trail'. Note peempaheepshûunkinich 'the short road' (WB files).
- hûut kích peempaah. How are the roads? [Reference: Richardson 1993:4]
- pa'asiktávaan uum vúra pu'áavkam áhootiheeshara péempaak. A woman should not walk in front on the trail. [Reference: TK 94.15]
- pay'ôok xáyfaat i'áhoo, peempaheepshûunkinich. Don't go here on the short trail. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 018]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (11)