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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-múrax nothing but ...

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4275 | revised Nov 08 2005

-múrax • SUFF • nothing but ...

Derivative (1)
ishmúnaxich "meat alone, nothing but meat"

  • vaa múrax vúra uxútih, púya íf yáv tani'asiktávaanhitih. This way only he is thinking, 'My, am I marrying well!' [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 031]

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  1. uknîi kaan kun'áraarahiti itráhyar mu'túnviiv avansamúrax.
    Uknii. They lived there. His ten children were just boys.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. koovúra yuxmúrax u'árihishriheesh.
    It will turn into nothing but sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. hãã, I couldn't do that, ayu'âach vúra vaa yuxmúrax u'árihishriheesh.
    Yes, I couldn't do that because it would turn into nothing but sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  4. xás sú' póo'uum, pootvárayva, pamukun'ikrívkir koovúra athkuritmúrax vúra.
    And when he got inside and looked around, (the people's) seats were all of nothing but fat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. pamúsaanva furaxmúrax.
    Her clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  6. peekxúrar púvaxay thivrúhish, koovúra axupa'ithvutiharamúrax.
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  7. vúra furaxmúrax pamúsaanva.
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  8. vúra furaxmúrax pamúsaanva.
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  9. páy uum úhthaam, koonmúrax.
    This is a garden, nothing but corn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text