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

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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pufich'iykáraan deer-slayer

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lexicon ID #5095 | revised Aug 23 2005

pufich'iykáraan • N • deer-slayer

  • kíri vaa mikun'ávan íf pufich'iykáraansas. We wish your husbands were such real deer-slayers! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 010]

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  1. " chi váa kúuk kiik'uumi, kíri váa káan ku'iin, kíri vaa mikun'ávan íf pufich'iykáraansas."
    "Go over there to live! That's where we want you to live! You had better marry those boys, they are such good hunters!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text