Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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xah / xaha- spider

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6744 | revised Jan 27 2016

xah / xaha- • N • spider

Derivatives (10)
xahá'aan "spider thread, spider silk"
xahákaam "type of large spider"
xahamíchmiich "type of small spider"
xahávik "spider-web; crocheting"
xahavíkapuh "crocheting"
xahavikeekyâar "crocheting needle"
xahavikeekyávaan "type of caterpillar"
xahavishvantínihanach "type of spider with a white body"
xaha'eeráriiv "spider's nest"
xaha'únuhich "type of spider"

Source: WB 1584, p.396; JPH ani 06:769

  • xahátaay su'. It's full of spiders. [Reference: KV]
  • púyava koovura paxah, koovúra mukún'aan kuníkyav. And all the spiders, they all made their string. [Reference: WB T33.53]

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  1. púyava koovúra paxah, koovúra mukún'aan kuníkyav.
    And all the spiders, all made their string.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  2. koovúra paxáh tá kunkuníhuraa pamukún'aan.
    All the spiders shot up their string.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text