Ararahih'urípih
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ka'íruu Be quiet! Stop it! Don't do that!

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4126 | revised Jun 30 2005

ka'íruu • INTERJ • Be quiet! Stop it! Don't do that!

Source: WB 843, p.359; JPH ethno ?:150

  • pamútaat úhyiv, ka'íruu, vaa káan naní'anamahach mufyukúraam. His mother shouted, "Stop it! That's the place where my child used to stay." [Reference: WB T61.40]

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  1. ka'íruu!
    Stop it!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  2. pamútaat iinâak úhyiv " ka'íruu!
    Inside his mother shouted, "Stop it!
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text