Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

This is the public version of Ararahih'urípih. Click here for the password-protected private version (which includes some restricted-access text content).

New search
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency

Search Index

vuunvárak to flow down from upriver

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6712 | revised Jan 22 2016

vuunvárak • V • to flow down from upriver

Derivation:  vur-varak
flow-down.from.upriver

Derivative (1)
vuunvárak "a placename, Nancy's Elbow"

Source: JPH ethno ?:220

  • sáruk peeshkêesh uvuunvárakti. Downhill the river was flowing downriverward. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 045]
  • vaa vúra ni'ipahôokireesh peeshkêesh, peeshkêesh poovuunvárakti. I'll go back along the river, where the river flows down. [Reference: KT 139.14]

Sentence examples (2)

Include derivatives: yes | no
Display mode: sentence | word | word components

  1. sáruk peeshkêesh uvuunváraktih.
    Downhill the river was flowing downriverward.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. vúra vaa sáruk uvuunváraktih peeshkéesh.
    Downhill the river was flowing downriverward like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text