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

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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imyaat fur; body hair

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lexicon ID #2617 | revised Dec 17 2014

imyaat N • fur; body hair

Derivatives (2)
imyátar "hairy"
imyátipux "hairless"

Source: WB 619, p.346; JPH 06:753

  • vaa kumá'ii paxuskunishmúrax pamúmyaat. That's why his fur is nothing but slick. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 191]


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  1. imyaat kúnish upiyáatunvaramoohitih.
    It is like fur all compressed together.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  2. xás pakóo kuma'arará'uup, pakun'ativútiihva, pakóo kuméemyaat.
    And what they were carrying was every kind of Indian treasure, every kind of fur.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text