Karuk Dictionary
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ithívthaaneen country, earth, land, world
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3257 | revised Feb 09 2015
ithívthaaneen • N • country, earth, land, world
Literally: 'lying-around'
| Derivation: | thiv thaanêen |
| lie.(of.one.thing) around |
Derivatives (9)
ithivthanéenpaah "car, automobile"
ithivthaneenxáyviish "type of mushroom, not eaten"
ithivthanéen'aachip "center of the world; Karuk country"
ithivthaneen'ávahkam "on land"
ithivthaneen'iktátikar "world prop, name of the rock under the Katimin sweathouse, also one at Ike's Point; also applied to Sugarloaf"
ithivthaneen'ípan "at the end of the world"
iviththanéenpaah "automobile"
thivthaneentáayvaar "a plant, Saint John's wort (introduced)"
thivthaneenxáyviish "mushroom sp."
Source: WB 766, p.354
Note: Initial vowel lost after a prefixal vowel: nanithívthaaneen 'my country' (T3:143).
- chúukchuuk kun'áraarahitihanik ôok ithivthanéen'aachip. Osprey and his family were living here at the middle of the world. [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 003]
- vaa vúra káan ithívthaaneenak u'íripkurihanik. He dug a hole in the ground there. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 193]
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