Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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pimnanihtanákaanich mourning dove

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4922 | revised Nov 08 2005

pimnanihtanákaanich • N • mourning dove Zenaida macroura (ITIS).

Literally: 'little summer-mourner'

Source: WB 1138.2, p.374

  • pimnanihtanákaanich uum afishnihánichhanik. Mourning Dove was a young man. [Reference: KT 147.41]

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  1. pimnanihtanákaanich uum afíshnihanichhanik.
    Mourning dove was a young man.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text