Ararahih'urípih
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  1. vaa vúra púrith umússahiti, kúna vúra axvíththirar umússahiti pachishihpúrith, uxraháthkaay, pappírish káru vúra axvíththirarkunish.
    They look like huckleberries, but the dog huckleberries are dirty looking, they are sour, the leaves also are dirty looking.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text
  2. ákthiipkunish, akthip'iváxra, pa'uhípih, patuvaxráhaak.
    They are like ákthiip [grass sp.], like dry ákthiip, the tobacco stems, when they get dry.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  3. áankunish sú' usasípiithva, áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahiti, koovúra vookupíti pamupírish, áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahitih.
    They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  4. tá nimah, pa'úuxkunish xuntápan.
    I see the bitter acorns.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  5. pakúnish itharípriik vaa uum káan saripyêepshas.
    The best hazel twigs are those where it is sort of a fir forest.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text