Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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mâam uphill (a short distance)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4147 | revised Aug 05 2014

mâam ADV • uphill (a short distance)

Derivatives (2)
asipakmâam "placename, a target station near Katimin"
tuyvukmâam_va'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"

Source: WB 953.19, p.365

Note: Contraction of mâakukam, mâakam; never glottalized.

  • xás víri kúna kumâam kunihmárafak pakah'árahsas. And the upriver people were running down from uphill just upslope from them. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 057]


Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (21)

  1. kumâam "uphill" (spoken by Sonny Davis)
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  2. mâam "uphill a short distance" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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