Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
This is the public version of Ararahih'urípih. Click here for the password-protected private version (which includes some restricted-access text content).
New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Search Index
ishpukatunvêech small dentalia used for necklaces; small change
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3062 | revised Feb 03 2015
ishpukatunvêech • N • small dentalia used for necklaces; small change Variant: ishpukatunvêechas.
Literally: 'dentalia-small (pl.)'
| Derivation: | ishpuk-tunvêech | (= ishpuk túnviiv-ach) |
| dentalium.shells-small.(pl.) | (= dentalium.shells children-DIM) |
Derivative (1)
ishpukatunvéech'iikiv "necklace made of small dentalia shells"
Source: WB 716.5, p.351; JPH 15:710, 07:114-500, ethno ?:110