Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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áachip middle, center
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5 | revised Nov 07 2014
áachip • N • middle, center
Derivatives (14; show derivatives)
Source: WB 10, p.313
- víri vaa vúra pa'asá'aachip upátakvaranik. He shot through the middle of the rock when he shot upslope. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 250]
- áachip takunvúpakrav. They cut it in two crosswise. [Reference: KT 176.37]
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xas páy nanu'ávahkam áachipak tá kun'ithyuruva.
And right up into the middle of the sky they dragged him along, too.Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
áankunish sú' usasípiithva,
áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahiti,
koovúra vookupíti pamupírish,
áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahitih.
They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
kári xás ishkéesh'aachip u'uum.
And he got to the middle of the river.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
chavúra ôok ithivthaanéen'aachip tóo pthívruuhvarak.
Finally he floated back downriver here to the center of the world.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
vúra ishkéesh'aachip xasík ni'ísheesh."
I'll drink in the middle of the river.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
kári xás ishkéesh'aachip ta'ítam ukúkuriheen.
And in the middle of the river he stooped down to the water.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
víri pa'avansáxiich uum áachip pakun'íihtih.
There were the boys dancing in the middle.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
asuxvuypihnîich áachip tóo hyárihish.
Old Man Turtle stood in the middle.Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text -
vúra vaa áachip tá kun'íihvarak.
They danced down from upriver that way to the middle (of their course).Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text -
xás xunyêep upíip "
naa yáas áachip kóo nivíiktih."
And Tan Oak said, "I've just woven it half-way."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
xás upíip "
pûu,
vaa vúra níthxuuneesh,
káruma nik áachip kóo tuvíkahitih.
And she said, "No, I'll wear it this way, (though) the fact is that it's only woven half-way.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
xás paapsíh'aachip tu'uum.
And she got to the middle of the leg.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
ôok ithivthanéen'aachip xasík nupinívruuhtunveesh."
We will roll together here at the middle of the world.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
káruma ôok ithivthanéen'aachip xasík xákaan puráan kunipmáheesh.
The fact was, they were both going to see each other again here at the middle of the world.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text -
xás irísh'aachip sú' usúrukurihahitih.
And there was a hole in the middle of the floor.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text -
xás áachip ahíramhitih.
And there was a fireplace in the center.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text -
xákarari áxak pa'ávansas káru áachip áxak.
There were two men at each end and two in the middle.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text -
pa'avansáxiich áachip uhyárih, payeenipaxvúhich uum ápapkam.
The boy is standing in the middle, the little girl is at the side.Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text