Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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vit to paddle, to row (a boat); to travel in a boat

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6587 | revised Jan 14 2016

vit • V • to paddle, to row (a boat); to travel in a boat

Derivatives (13; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1558, p.395

  • nivíiti. I'm paddling. [Reference: JPH 7:769]
  • nuu paah nuvíteesh. We'll paddle a boat. [Reference: TK 140.2]

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  1. vaa ík vúra panuvíitihaak.
    That's the way it must be when we paddle.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  2. xás vúra uum xára tá kunípvit.
    And they paddled for a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  3. xás kunipvítruuprin.
    Then (the others) paddled through (the barrier).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  4. xás pa'ávansa úuth uvíitih.
    The man is paddling out in the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text