Karuk Dictionary
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káruk upriver (a considerable distance)
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lexicon ID #3753 | revised May 15 2015
káruk • ADV • upriver (a considerable distance)
Derivatives (3)
karukúkam "upriverward"
kárukvarih "upriverward"
karúk'aasak "placename, "at the rock at Katimin Spring""
Source: WB 835.11, p.358
- vaa uum vúra káan ifmaarápiit kamíktaatroovuti, káruk uvítroovuti. Let the new married man push his way upstream there, (when) he is traveling upstream. [Reference: WB 15: Coyote As Lawmaker 009]
- âanxus uthitívanik, káruk keechxâach úkrii. Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 001]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (71)