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

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xákaanha / xákaanhi- to go with, to accompany

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6758 | revised Jan 27 2016

xákaanha / xákaanhi- • V • to go with, to accompany

Derivation:  xákaan-ha  (= áxak-aan-ha)
both-DENOM  (= two-Agentive-DENOM)

Source: WB 1586.2, p.396

  • xás námpaan nuxákaanha. Then I myself went with him. [Reference: WB T88.10.]
  • vaa vúra kích puxakâanhitihap pamu'úhraam. His pipe doesn't go with him (to the grave). [Reference: TK 164.19]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. kári xás asiktâan upéer, " nuxákaanhi."
    And she said to a woman, "Let's go together!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  2. kunxákaanha máruk.
    They went uphill together.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text