Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
This is the public version of Ararahih'urípih. Click here for the password-protected private version (which includes some restricted-access text content).
New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Search Index
kuníhar / kunihara- wooden-tipped arrow
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3984 | revised Jun 25 2015
kuníhar / kunihara- • N • wooden-tipped arrow
Literally: 'shooting-instrument'
| Derivation: | kunih-ar |
| shoot-INST |
Derivatives (3)
ishkoonayaachkúnihar "arrow without foreshaft or feathers, used by boys"
kunihareekxúrikar "larkspur"
sipkúnihar "a type of arrow, without foreshaft"
Source: WB 922.1, p.363; JPH mat ?:694
Note: Cf. vimtaap 'flint-pointed arrows'.
- peekxaréeyav uumkun káru vúra vaa pakunikyâatihanik pavimtaap, káru pakuníhar ... The spirit people were also making flint-pointed arrows, and wooden-pointed arrows ... [Reference: TK 137.11]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence example (1)