Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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yiiv / yivu- far
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lexicon ID #7085 | revised Feb 12 2016
yiiv / yivu- • ADV • far
Derivatives (7)
eethayîihva "to carry away"
yiimúsich "a little ways off"
yiivánihich "a little farther off"
yiivánihichha "to be careful"
yiivárih "rather far; away"
yíivha "to be far"
yiivthaanêen "a placename"
Source: WB 1680, p.401
- xás pihnêefich uum táyiiv. By then Coyote was a long way off. [Reference: WB T5.83]
- miník kúnish puyívuhara. It's not so far! [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 046]
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