Ararahih'urípih
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maruk'áraar / maruk'arara- uphill person, giant, "bigfoot", "sasquatch"

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4215 | revised Oct 31 2014

maruk'áraar / maruk'arara- • N • uphill person, giant, "bigfoot", "sasquatch"

Literally: 'uphill person'

Source: WB 953.2.1, p.365.

Note: Equiv. to mah'áraar.

  • xás uxus, maruk'arara'îin hínupa pakin'ákihti pasára. Then he thought, "It is the mountain people that give them the bread." [Reference: KS 22. Maruk'áraar Gives Man Bread 028]

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  1. kári xás kunpiip, " maruk'áraar vaa káan úknamtiimich úkrii.
    And they said, "A giant is staying there at the edge of the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  2. ta'ítam uksáheen pamaruk'áraar, uxus, " íf nîinamich paxákaan nuvúunveesh."
    And the giant laughed, he thought, "He's really small for us to wrestle together!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  3. kári xás upáchish pamaruk'áraar, ukráam upaathkúrih.
    Then he threw the giant down, he threw him in the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text