Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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thúuf creek

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6026 | revised Nov 03 2015

thúuf • N • creek

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Source: WB 1464, p.389

Note: Synonymous with saamvároo 'creek' , but thúuf is used more often in the names of creeks.

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  1. xás uthítiv páthuuf uvúrunihva.
    And he heard a creek flowing down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  2. xás kúkuum uthítiv páthuuf.
    So he heard a creek again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. xás pihnêefich upíip " thúfkaam vúra vúrunihi nani'ífuth."
    So Coyote said, "Let a big creek flow down behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  4. xás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma xás " nani'ífuth thúfkaam kam'árihish."
    And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  5. xás u'uum, pathúufak.
    And he got to the creek.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text