Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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síkih spoon

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5388 | revised Dec 03 2015

síkih N • spoon

Derivatives (7)
axvayramsíkih "spoon made from the top of a deer skull"
sikíhkaam "big spoon"
sikihmáhyaanaram "spoon basket"
sikihnúnuhich "mussel"
sikíhnuuk "spoon (of mussel shell?)"
taaksíkih "man's name, Sandy Bar Tom"
yooramsíkih "man's spoon, used by guest, who gets seat of honor in back corner"

Source: WB 1227, p.379; JPH mat 07:454R

  • chími neektávahi pasíkih. Hand me a spoon! [Reference: Richardson 1993:14]


Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. ararasíkih "Indian spoon" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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  2. síkih "Indian spoon" (spoken by Lucille Albers)
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  3. síkih "spoon" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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