Ararahih'urípih
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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]

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  1. itráhyar pa'asípiitsa káru vaa kóohoo imvarámpiitsa káru itráhyar síkih.
    There were ten new bowls, and also ten new plates, and also ten spoons.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. tâak pasíkih.
    Hand me a spoon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  3. pasíkih na'êehi.
    Hand me a spoon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  4. hôoy pamisíkih?
    Where is your spoon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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