Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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pínaa (pl.) to come

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lexicon ID #4942 | revised Nov 08 2005

pínaa • V • (pl.) to come

  • xasík kupínaavish. Then you (pl.) must come back. [Reference: WB files]
  • xás kunpínaa, vaa kích vúra pakunipíti, sishanayâamach toosíinvar. And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned." [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 046]

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  1. xás kunpínaa, vaa kích vúra pakunipítih" sishanayâamach tóo síinvar."
    And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  2. xasík vaa ík vúra kóo káan ku'íineesh paaxvâahar tóo msípishrihaak, xasík kupínaavish."
    You must stay there until the pitch-wood is extinguished, then you will come back."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text