Ararahih'urípih
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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]


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