Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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simsimúruk pan for panning gold

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lexicon ID #5400 | revised Dec 03 2015

simsimúruk • N • pan for panning gold

Literally: 'metal mealing-tray'

Derivation:  símsiim múruk  (= síim REP múruk)
knife mealing-tray  (= síim REP mealing-tray)

Source: WB 1230.8, p.379

  • simsimúruk ni'ávikva. I took along a gold-pan. [Reference: DF 05: Finding Gold 004]

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  1. simsimmúruk ni'ávikva.
    I took a pan with me.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text