Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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lexicon ID #4046 | revised Sep 30 2015

kústaan • N • sister ; female cousin

Variant kustáar (lexicon ID #4047): Used in the plural, kustáaras.

Source: WB 937

Note: The plural is kustáaras 'sisters'; but with possessive prefixes, forms like nanikustáriivsha(s) 'my sisters' are found.

  • pamukústaan xákaan pákunxus, "hôoy tóomah." The sisters together, they thought, "Where did he find it?" [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 025]
  • áxak kustáaras kunpâakuhiti. Two sisters were gathering acorns. [Reference: WB T64.1]

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  1. áxak asiktâan kun'íinanik kustáaras ameekyáaraam.
    Two women, sisters, once lived at ameekyáaraam (Ike's Falls).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  2. áxak kustáaras kunpâakuhitih.
    Two sisters were picking acorns.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text