Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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káruk upriver (a considerable distance)

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. akâayva vaa urôovanik when I was packing, you know ..., vúra vaa káruk xás nimah.
    [talking about an unfinished basket] Somebody took it upriver when I was packing , you know, then I saw it upriver.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  2. manâa iim káruk va'áraar, I guess.
    Well, you're an upriver Indian, I guess.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. xás uxus: " tîi káruk kanvâarami."
    He thought: "Let me go upriver."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  4. xas káruk kuna utápichroov.
    Then he slipped in upriver direction.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  5. káruk tá nivâaram.
    I'm going upriver.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  6. káruk tá nivâaram káruk va'áraas tá nímuustiheesh.
    I'm going upriver and I'll see someone (an Indian person) upriver.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play
  7. káruk va'áraar nímuustiheesh.
    I am going to see a person who lives upriver.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play
  8. naa pakáruk úuhyan nichuuphítih.
    I am speaking the Karuk language.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  9. naa pakáruk úuhyan ni'ítaptih.
    I know how to speak the Karuk language.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  10. xás panipvôonupukat, xás kári káruk ni'árihroov.
    And when it had let out, then I went upriver.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  11. pananichishíh'anamahach itháan káruk nu'ípasroovat, káan úkrii chishih'aneekyáavaan.
    Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  12. xás káruk vúra... itíhaan vúra ithéekxaram xúus ni'éethti.
    And upriver ... I was taking care of him all night.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  13. pi'êep, paniyáan'iiftihanhaak, pa'ôok káruk veethívthaaneen pishîich ni'úumhaak, papanámniik pishîich ni'úumhaak, naa vúra xakitrahyar káru yítha hárinay kích tá níkrii.
    Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  14. kúna vúra pa'ararakéevriikshas, pa'ararapihnîichas, pananikáruk va'araréefyiivshas koovúra neepsháravrik.
    But the Karuk old women, the Karuk old men, my Karuk friends, they all helped me.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  15. kúna vúra kúkuum ôok tá ni'uum, pananífyiivshas nimúsarukti, kári vúra pakáruk váhi ni'aapúnmiikti.
    But I've come back here again, I'm visiting my friends, and I'm still learning the Karuk language.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  16. chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
    Finally he walked a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  17. xás chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
    And finally he traveled a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  18. vúra vaa u'áhootih, vúra tá yíiv káruk.
    He was walking that way, a long ways upriver by this time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  19. kári xás yánava yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
    He saw he was a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  20. mít kunípaat ' káruk úuth tu'íimkar.'"
    They said he drowned in the river upriver."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  21. upipshinvárihva peeshpúk káruk ukyâantih.
    He forgot that he was going upriver to get money.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  22. uknîi. púyava káruk kahyúras kun'áraarahiti paastaah.
    Once upon a time... The ducks lived upriver at Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  23. káruk tá kunpávyiihma, tusupaháyaachha, pámita káan kun'arámsiiprintih.
    They arrived back upriver where they came from, it was mid-morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  24. káruk iinâak káan tá kun'áamvunaa.
    Upriver they ate there in the living house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  25. kári xás uxúsaanik " chími káruk ishpúk kanikyâan kahyúras."
    And he thought, "Let me go upriver to get money at Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  26. káruk ishpúk ukyâaranik.
    He went upriver to get money.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  27. xás vúra yíiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    And he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  28. xás sípnuuk káruk u'êethroov.
    So he took a storage basket upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  29. xás káruk u'árihroov.
    So he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  30. yíiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    He went far upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  31. káruk vúra yîiv tu'uum.
    He got a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  32. xás pihnêefich káruk u'árihroov, kahyúras tuvâaram.
    So Coyote went upriver, he was going to Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  33. xás vúra yíiv káruk tu'uum.
    And he got a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  34. vaa páy pihnêefich ukúphaanik pakáruk kahyúras uvâaramutih. kupánakanakana.
    Coyote did that, when he went upriver to Klamath Lakes. kupánakanakana.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  35. yakún uumkun yúruk ithivthaneen'ípan kun'íhmootih, káru káruk ithivthaneen'ípan kun'íhmootih."
    They dance to the downriver end of the world, and they dance to the upriver end of the world."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  36. xás pihnêefich uum tá íp káruk u'árihroovat.
    And Coyote went upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  37. pihnêefich káruk u'árihroovutih.
    Coyote was going upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  38. xás chavúra yiiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  39. káruk u'árihroov.
    He went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  40. kunpiip, " xâatik ápap yúruk uvuunúpahitih, káru ápap káruk uvuunôovutih.
    (The gods) said, "Let (the river) flow downstream on one side, and flow upstream on the other side.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  41. ithyáruk kúna úpviitrooveesh, uthívruuhrooveesh káru, káruk uvuunôovahiti pa'íshaha.
    They would travel back upstream on the other side, they would float upstream also, the water was flowing upstream.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  42. vaa uum vúra káan ifmaarápiit kamíktaatroovutih, káruk uvítroovutih."
    Let the new married man push his way upstream there, (when) he is traveling upstream."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  43. kári xás upiip, " káruk ithivthaneen'ípan nivâaramutih."
    And he said, "I'm going upriver to the end of the world."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  44. kári xás kôokaninay vúra úktir paxunyêep, máruk, sáruk, yúruk, káruk.
    And he beat the tan-oak trees everywhere, uphillward, downhillward, downriverward, upriverward.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  45. âanxus uthitívanik " káruk keechxâach úkrii."
    Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  46. xâatik naa káruk nivâaram."
    Let me go upriver!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  47. káruk u'árihroov.
    He went upriver.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  48. xás káruk kunítroovutih.
    And they looked upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  49. víri kúna káruk ukvíripvarak.
    She in her turn was running down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  50. xás káruk tuthítiimnoov póoxruunhitih.
    Then he heard her growling from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  51. xás kári axmáy káruk ára u'árihvarak.
    And suddenly a person came down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  52. kúkuum vúra imáan káruk tá kunítroovutih.
    Again the next day they looked upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  53. xás káruk útroovutih, axmay u'árihvarak.
    Then he looked upriver, suddenly (Grizzly) came down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  54. káruk u'árihroonatih.
    He kept going upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  55. ithyarukpíhriiv u'árihroov, uxus, " tîi káruk kanvâarami."
    Across-the-Water Widower went upriver, he thought, "Let me go upriver!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  56. xás kári chavúra yíiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  57. chavúra tá yíiv káruk u'árihroov.
    Finally, he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  58. káruk útroovutih.
    He looked upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  59. víri pootâatsip pamutákasar yá káruk ithivthaneen'ípan úkuuyva.
    When he tossed his tossel, he saw it landed at the upriver end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  60. káruk kunítroovutih.
    And they looked upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  61. káruk tá kunvitíshriihvaheen.
    (The others) had beached their boats upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  62. káruk yítha va'êem kun'êetheepanik mu'arátaanva papreacher muhrooha'íin.
    The preacher's wife took the 'pain' (disease object) away from a certain doctor upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text
  63. káruk tóo ptâatroov.
    He tossed it back upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  64. káruk tóo tâatroov.
    He tossed it upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  65. xás payu'kúkam uumkun káruk tá kunithvíriproov.
    Then the ones on the downriver end ran up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  66. káruk u'írahiv.
    There was a world renewal upriver.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  67. káruk yíiv ikhurôok tu'árihroov.
    He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  68. káruk núvyiihship tínxuumnipaak.
    We went upriver to Ferry Point.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text
  69. káruk íp nifyúkutihat ítam.
    Earlier today I was going around upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text
  70. púyava panipkárahaak payêem káruk kúna ni'árihroovish, niptakníhareesh.
    When I go back across-river now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text