Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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makáyvaas cloth

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4202 | revised Mar 03 2005

makáyvaas • N • cloth

Literally: 'white-mans blanket'

Derivative (1)
kukuhmakáyvaas "calico"

Source: WB 964.2, p.366

See mákay ''

Sentence examples (2)

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  1. You put a rag there, makáyvaas.
    You put a rag there, a white man's cloth.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  2. kári xás pamakáyvaas vaa kích tápas kuníkyav.
    And they kept only the cloth.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text