Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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íshuv to scrape (iris leaves, to extract fiber for making string)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3130 | revised Mar 31 2015

íshuv • V • to scrape (iris leaves, to extract fiber for making string)

Derivative (1)
íshuvar "tool made of mussel shell, for scraping ápkaas to make string"

Source: WB 731, p.352

Note: Because of the form íshuvar which is clearly semantically related to this word, we have changed this root to ishuv / ishum- from the ishum in Bright's lexicon.

  • káru pa'asiktávaansa uumkun pakun'íshumvanaatihanik. The women were scraping the iris (with an artificial thumbnail). [Reference: KS 41. Spider story 004]

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  1. píshiich pakun'áraarahiti pa'asiktávaansas ápkaas kun'íshumtih.
    As they lived at first, the women scraped iris leaves.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text