Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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ásivar / ásivan to go (somewhere) to sleep

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lexicon ID #681 | revised Oct 31 2014

ásivar / ásivan • V • to go (somewhere) to sleep

  • ikmaháchraam takun'ásivanva. They went to the sweathouse to sleep. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 050]

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  1. kunpámvaar, kun'ivyíihrupuk, ikmaháchraam tá kun'ásivanva.
    When they got through eating, they went outdoors, they went to their sweathouse to sleep.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text