Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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pápivar / pápivan- to go search for (something)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4545 | revised Oct 31 2014

pápivar / pápivan- • V • to go search for (something)

  • sáruk astíip ník kupápivar. Down-slope at the river edge you (pl.) are going to look. [Reference: KS Crane 079]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. pamu'akah'îin kunpápivar.
    His father went to look for him.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  2. upíip " naa nixútih tá kanapápivaruk.
    He said, "I think they're coming to look for me."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  3. káan xás mah'íitnihach upapivankôoti pamusárum ishkêeshak hôoy kích tóo pthívruuhruprav.
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  4. pa'ára papivankôotihan kéevniikich.
    The person who was going to look for him was an old woman.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text