Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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pafyuk / pafyúku- to come around again

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lexicon ID #4469 | revised Oct 31 2014

pafyuk / pafyúku- • V • to come around again

  • xáyfaat ík vúra ôok ipáfyuk. You mustn't come around here again. [Reference: KT 125.26]
  • páy kumákuusra kâanimich impáak tupáfyuk. In this month (March), the poor people travel on the trails (because snow has melted off). [Reference: JPH ethno ?:160]

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  1. xás úppeeranik, achvúun îin kuníppeeranik: " xáy faat ík vúra ôok ipáfyuk, iim vúra pu'ôok vúrayvutiheeshara."
    And Hookbill told him: "You must never come around here again, you are not going to come around here."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. xás kuníppéer: " iim kyáru vura xáy faat ík ôok ipáfyuk, iim kyáru vura pu'ôok ikrêevishara," achvúun kuníppéer.
    And they told him: "You yourself must not come around here, you too are not going to stay here," they told Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text