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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ithívishha / ithívishhi- to happen

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lexicon ID #3256 | revised Feb 09 2015

ithívishha / ithívishhi- • V • to happen

Derivation:  ithívish-a  (= ithiv-ish-a-a)
happenings-DEVERB  (= ithiv-down-DEVERB-DEVERB)

  • yáv toothívishha. It's good weather (lit. 'it happens good'). [Reference: KV]
  • ishímfir poothívishhiti, íiv íp xáas íp na'ívat. It was hard happenings, I pretty near died. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 324]