Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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ixupkôoch something stuck on flatways (not edgeways); flat feathering (of an arrow); fingernail (old name)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3538 | revised Feb 20 2015
ixupkôoch • N • something stuck on flatways (not edgeways); flat feathering (of an arrow); fingernail (old name)
| Derivation: | íxupka-va-a-ach | (= íxup-ka-va-a-ach) |
| stick.onto-PL.ACT-DEVERB-DIM | (= cover.(pl.)-to-PL.ACT-DEVERB-DIM) |
Source: JPH ani 06:753, 07:114-500, 15:705;
Note: "Said of two entire feather blades attached to the butt of the arrow with their planes parallel" (JPH).