Ararahih'urípih
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páy nanuxákararih country outside Karuk territory

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4725 | revised Mar 01 2016

páy nanuxákararih • MWU • country outside Karuk territory

Literally: 'that on both sides of us'

Derivation:  pay nanu-xákarari  (= pay nanu-áxak-aan-arih)
this 1plPOSS on.both.sides  (= this 1plPOSS two-Agentive--arih)

Source: WB 1104.7, p.372

See xákararih 'on both sides'

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. " naa vúra yíiv ni'aramsîiprivti páy nanuxákararih."
    "I come from far away, from the outside."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  2. vúra páy nanuxákarari kích uum vaa kunkupítih.
    Only ones outside of our country did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text