Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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imúsaruk to visit, to come to see

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2576 | revised Dec 22 2014

imúsaruk • V • to visit, to come to see

Derivation:  imúsar-uk  (= imus-ar-uk)
go.see-to.here  (= look.at-go.to-to.here)

Source: WB 609.5.1, p.346

Note: Initial /i/ is lost after vowels of prefixes.

  • páy pa'ôok îin neemúsarukat vaa nanitípah. This man who came here to see me was my brother. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. kúna vúra kúkuum ôok tá ni'uum, pananífyiivshas nimúsarukti, kári vúra pakáruk váhi ni'aapúnmiikti.
    But I've come back here again, I'm visiting my friends, and I'm still learning the Karuk language.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  2. hâari vúra xasík napimusarûukvutiheesh."
    You can come back to see me sometime."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  3. xás upiip, " ninítaat ôok imúsarukapat.
    And she said, "My mother came to visit you here.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text