Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

This is the public version of Ararahih'urípih. Click here for the password-protected private version (which includes some restricted-access text content).


New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency


Search Index

pimnáanih / pimnaniha- summer

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4915 | revised Oct 31 2014

pimnáanih / pimnaniha- N • summer

Source: WB 1138, p.374


Sentence examples (4)


Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. pananí'ákah vúrava pimnáanih.
    My father (gathered wood) in the summer.
    Source: Vina Smith, Gathering wood (VS-47) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  2. xás vúra tuváxrah, papimnáanih.
    It was dry, in the summer.
    Source: Vina Smith, Gathering wood (VS-47) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  3. púyava pimnaanihîish áchkuun tóo pvâaram.
    Then in the spring, Swamp Robin went back home.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text
  4. púyava uum túus payêem vúra u'ípakvutih, tupímnaaniharuk.
    So now Mockingbird always returns, he comes to spend the summer.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text