Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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sáanva clothing

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5230 | revised Nov 09 2005

sáanva • N • clothing

Literally: 'carrying'

Derivative (1)
surukámsaanva "underwear"

Source: WB 1211, p.378; JPH mat ?:732

  • pamúsaanva furaxmúrax. Her clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 073]

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  1. kiikpishnakaríshukva pamikúnsaanva!
    You guys take off your clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  2. pananisáanva nipithxáheesh.
    I am going to wash my clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  3. tá nipikyâar pananipithxa pananisáanva.
    I finished washing my clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  4. vaa pananítaat uum tupíthxah pananúsaanva koovúra vúra.
    My mother washed all our clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  5. tupíthxah pakoovúra pananúsaanva koovúra.
    She washed them all, all our clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  6. xás upixivshúroo pamúsaanva.
    And he ripped off his clothes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  7. kári xás uxus, " tîi yíth kanpíkyav pananíshaanva."
    And he thought, "Let me get a different suit of clothes."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  8. kári xás upititítit pamúsaanva, xás sáruk uxyáfakoo.
    So he tore up his clothes, and he threw them downhill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  9. kári xás upífik pamúsaanva.
    And he picked up his clothes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  10. vúra furaxmúrax pamúsaanva.
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  11. vúra furaxmúrax pamúsaanva.
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text