Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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pikyávish world-renewal ceremony

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4909 | revised Feb 21 2005

pikyávish • N • world-renewal ceremony

Source: WB 1136, p.374

Note: From local English pikiawish, from Karuk ithívthaaneen upikyâavish 'he (the priest) is going to fix the world'.

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  1. papikyávish tá púfaat.
    The pikiawish was over.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text