Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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víraxsip / víraxsipriv- to lick up

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lexicon ID #6568 | revised Jan 14 2016

víraxsip / víraxsipriv- • V • to lick up

Derivation:  vírax-sip
lick-up

Source: WB T33.18

  • púyava paaxíich yiivárih tu'íipma xás toopviraxsîip. So when the child went away, she licked (the acorn soup) up. (pl.action) [Reference: WB T33.18]

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  1. púyava paaxíich yiivári tu'íipma xás tóo pviraxsîip.
    Then when the child went away, she licked it up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  2. xás tóo pviraxsîip.
    Then she licked it up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text