Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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lexicon ID #7213 | revised Feb 17 2016
yúrukam • ADV • 1 uphill downriver, i.e. on a height downriver • 2 (a short distance) downriver (lexicon ID #7233)
| Derivation: | yúruk-kam | (= yu'-ruk-kam) |
| downriver-side | (= downriver-DIR-side) |
Derivatives (2)
yuumvánihich "just a little downstream"
yuumvárih "a little downriverward"
Source: WB 1683.6.2, p.401
Note: The dimin. is yuunúkamich.
- kári xás kun'ífukraa asanamkaráyurukam. And they climbed uphill downriver from asánaamkarak. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 049]
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (6)