Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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iyúunvar / iyúunvara- to put (a long object) inside

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3618 | revised Apr 20 2015

iyúunvar / iyúunvara- • V • to put (a long object) inside

Derivation:  iyur-vara
put.(long.object)-in.through

  • pasimsim'ímfir takuníyuunvarahaak, víri hitíhaan vúra úmchuunvuti. When they run a hot wire through it, (the pipe) always cracks. [Reference: TK 149.19]

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  1. kári xás apmáan úyuunvar.
    Then he put her in his mouth.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text