Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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xúnxun phlegm

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6911 | revised Feb 04 2016

xúnxun • N • phlegm

Derivation:  xun REP
xun REP

Derivatives (2)
tayithxúnxuun "Brodiaea sp."
xunxúrar "slobbery (said of snail or baby)"

Source: WB 1633, p.398

  • asipánaxich muxúnxun snail's slime [Reference: JPH ani 06:755]
  • xás apmáan tu'áakvar, xás taay vúra xúnxun tóokyav. And she put her hands in her mouth, and she made a lot of phlegm. [Reference: WB T80.4]

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  1. xás apmáan tu'áakvar, xás taay vúra xúnxun tóo kyav.
    Then she put her hands in her mouth, and she made a lot of phlegm.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text