Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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yurúkthuuf Bluff Creek

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7215 | revised Feb 17 2016

yurúkthuuf • N • Bluff Creek

Literally: 'downriver creek'

Derivation:  yúruk thúuf  (= yu'-ruk thúuf)
downriver creek  (= downriver-DIR creek)

Source: WB 1683.6.3, p.401

  • ta'ítam u'árihkaraheen yurúkthuuf. So he jumped into Bluff Creek. [Reference: KT 132a.23]
  • xás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma,... And when he ran to Bluff Creek,... [Reference: WB T6.55]

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  1. xás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma xás " nani'ífuth thúfkaam kam'árihish."
    And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text