Karuk Dictionary
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ithivthanéen'aachip center of the world; Karuk country
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3260 | revised Feb 09 2015
ithivthanéen'aachip • N • center of the world; Karuk country
| Derivation: | ithívthaaneen áachip | (= thiv thaanêen áachip) |
| land middle | (= lie.(of.one.thing) around middle) |
- pámitva pakunchuphúruthunatihat payíthuva kuna'ávansas pananuhêeraha ôok ithivhanéen'aachip ... What different kinds of people used to say about our tobacco here in Karuk country ... [Reference: TK 14.5]
- ôok ithivthanéen'aachip upoonváramnihanik. He brought them back to the center of the world. [Reference: KT 130b.34]
Sentence examples (5)
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pihnêeffich vookúphaan'nik ôok ithivthanéen'aachip.
Coyote did this, here at the world center.Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text -
chavúra ôok ithivthanéen'aachip tu'árihroov.
Finally he traveled upriver to the center of the world here.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
ôok kun'ífanik ithivthanéen'aachip áxak ikxareeyav'ifápiitichas.
Two spirit girls grew up here at the middle of the world.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
kári xás ta'ítam uxús "
chími kanvâarami ôok ithivthanéen'aachip."
And so he thought, "Let me go there (lit., here) to the middle of the world."Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
chavúra ithivthaneen'achipkâam tu'árihvarak.
Finally he was coming down from upriver, just upstream of the middle of the world.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text