Karuk Dictionary
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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)