Ararahih'urípih
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úux bitter

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6349 | revised Nov 11 2005

úux • ADJ • bitter

Derivative (1)
imkanvá'uux "plant sp."

Source: WB 1508, p.392; TK xxxiv.24

Note: Perhaps really a noun, 'bitterness'; cf. úx'aas 'bitterness-water', e.g. liquor - but also ishahá'uux.

  • ukêemishaheesh paxuun, uuxhêesh. The acorn soup will become poison, it will be bitter. [Reference: TK 97.41]
  • vaa tákunpiip fâat vúrava pa'úuxhaak, úux, ihêeraha kóo 'u'uux. They say that when anything tastes bad, "It's bitter, it's as bitter as tobacco." [Reference: TK 49.18]

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  1. vúra purafâat-hara, úux.
    It is good for nothing, it smells strong.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text

  2. peehêeraha apmáan ukrixyúpxupti ára, úux, xára vúr apmáan u'ákkatih.
    Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  3. vaa tá kunpíip fâat vúrava pa'úuxhaak: " úux, ihêeraha kóo úux."
    They say when anything tastes bad: "It tastes bad, it tastes as bad as tobacco."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  4. nanittáat mít upôovôo?ihat, pafâat vúrava úuxhaak: " iheeraháxiit kyúnish kyóo uux."
    My mother used to say when anything tasted bad: "It tastes as bad as green tobacco."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  5. hâari tá kunpakátkat payaaf, pakári kuntákkiritihat, kári xás tá kunpiip: " ihêeraha vúra kári kyóo úux payaaf."
    Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  6. tá nimah, pa'úuxkunish xuntápan.
    I see the bitter acorns.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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