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-tak used in counting points of a deer's horns.

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5573 | revised Dec 20 2015

-tak • N • used in counting points of a deer's horns.

Derivative (1)
axáktak "a deer with two points on each horn"

Source: WB 1275, p.382

Note: Karuk is like Western American English in counting the points on one side only; thus axák.-tak is a two-point buck (usually called a 'forked-horn'). kuyrák-tak is a three-pointer (in the Eastern U.S., a six-pointer), etc. A deer with unbranched horns, however, is called síhach 'spike buck,' whereas a five-point and ten-point buck are itroopa'áhar(a) and itahara'ahar(a) respectively.