Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ithvuyâan / ithvuyâana- to call (someone) by a name; to apply as a name (to someone)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3324 | revised Aug 12 2015

ithvuyâan / ithvuyâana- • V • to call (someone) by a name; to apply as a name (to someone)

Derivation:  ithvuy-aan
be.named--aan

Source: WB 778.2, p.354

  • pa'umsurêep vaa kunkupeethvúyaanahiti saripvíkik. The broken off tips are called "hazel twigs that have been woven with." [Reference: TK 121.15]

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  1. xás uthvuyâanati ípa kóo kunípeerat " ikvan."
    And he was naming all that they had told him to buy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text