Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

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yaayâach better

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7018 | revised Feb 09 2016

yaayâach • V • better

Derivation:  yav-yâach  (= yav yav-ach)
good-Intensive  (= good good-DIM)

  • kári xás ni'íripkurih, matêe kumayaayâach. And then I dug down in, every minute it was getting better. [Reference: DF 05: Finding Gold 008]

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  1. xas yítha upíip, "pûuhara, yaayâach papihníich núpeen tá nupiyâaram."
    But the other said, "No, it is better to tell the old man before we go."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. kari xás ni'íripkurih matée kumayaayaach.
    The farther down I dug the better luck I had.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text