Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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páthraam / páthraamu- to wrap one's hair with

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lexicon ID #4639 | revised Oct 31 2014

páthraam / páthraamu- • V • to wrap one's hair with

Source: WB 1093, p.371

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  1. peethríhar káru kunpathraamvútiihva payeeripáxvuuhsa, ithasúpaa kunpathraamvútiihva, káru káakum uumkun kuntávtiihva yúpin.
    Flowers also girls wore as their hair-club wrapping, wearing them as wrapping all day, and some of them wore a vizor on the forehead.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

  2. xás máh'iit chí nupiyâarameesh, xás táhpuus nupáthraamutih.
    Then in the morning we were going to leave, and we wore our hair bound with fir boughs.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text