Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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yukúkuh shoe(s)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7154 | revised Feb 15 2016

yukúkuh • N • shoe(s)

Derivatives (7)
asaxusyukúkuh "boot(s)"
avahkamyukúkuh "rubber(s)"
ipyukúkuha "to put on one's shoes"
tahyukúkuh "snowshoes"
tapasyukúkuh "moccasins"
yukukuhinhírip "shoelace"
yukukuhvíkapuh "snowshoe(s)"

Source: WB 1693, p.402

See ipyukúkuhpa 'to put on shoes' See piyukúkuhsur 'to take off shoes'

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (13)

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  1. tá nipyukúkuh pananiyukúkuh.
    I am putting on my shoes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  2. ipyukúkuh pamiyukúkuh.
    Put on your shoes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  3. ipyukúkuhsuru miyukúkuh.
    Take your shoes off.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  4. ipyukúkuhi pamiyukúkuh!
    Put on your shoes!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  5. kiipyukúkuhi pamiyukúkuh, Andrew káru Line!
    Andrew and Line, put on your shoes!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  6. ikxáramkunish pamuyukúkuh.
    Her shoes are black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  7. miyukúkuh uum vaa.
    Those are your shoes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  8. pananiyukúku vúra uum kâarim umúsahitih.
    My shoes are ugly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  9. vaa káan uyukúkuhiti yukúkuh.
    The shoe is on her foot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  10. poorápiit nikyâavish káru vúra nanivoonvánaach káru akvákir káru vúra naniyukúkuh."
    I'll make new pants and my shirt and a quiver and my shoes."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás furáxvaas úkyav, káru furaxyukúku káru furaxvánakaar.
    So he made a woodpecker-head blanket, and woodpecker-head shoes and a woodpecker-head vánakaar (a shirtlike garment).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  12. xás ipvárakirak panini'ahtákni pamuyukúku íp umátnuusat.
    And on the way back down from upriver, my tire burst.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text