Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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páah boat; canoe

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4413 | revised Nov 08 2005

páah N • boat; canoe

Derivatives (4)
áhpaah "steamship"
iknukápaah "dugout boat, made from a log"
ithivthanéenpaah "car, automobile"
iviththanéenpaah "automobile"

Source: WB 1039, p.369; JPH mat 07:177-8, 15:730

Note: Contrast paah 'peppernut'.

  • cháem, maník nikyâavish pamípaah, páh'anamahach. Then she said, "All right, I'll make your boat, a little boat." [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 032]
  • xás kunipêer, chími páahak váramnih. And they told him, "Get in the boat." [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 150]


Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (40)

  1. ararápaah "canoe" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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  2. nanípaah "my boat" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  3. pamúpaah "his boat" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  4. páah "Indian canoe" (spoken by Lucille Albers)
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  5. páah "boat" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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