Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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yúxnaam sand

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7257 | revised Feb 21 2016

yúxnaam • N • sand

Literally: 'flat dirt'

Derivation:  yúux nav-
dirt be.flat.ground

Derivatives (3)
yuxnáamha "to be sandy"
yuxnamxanchíifich "newly hatched frog"
yuxnamxárah "placename near Amekyaram"

Source: WB 1702.1, p.402

  • astíip vúra u'íifti yuxnaam. It grows by the river in the sand. [Reference: TK 47.12]

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  1. vaa káan ithasúpaah kun'íineesh, kuntákinti, yuxnaam.
    They stayed there all day, they soaked acorn dough in the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. sáruk yúxnaam.
    By the river, in the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  3. yuxnáam utákiraheen.
    She soaked acorns in the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  4. yúxnaam.
    In the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. yúxnaam vaa káan... púva, néehruuvtihara payúxnaam.
    Never there in the fine sand, I didn't use the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  6. xás pamúkiit, yúxnaam u'íripkurihanik, kóova uxvíiphaanik.
    And his grandmother, she dug into the sand, she got so mad.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  7. payváhiim váa káan vúra su' úkrii, vákay payváhiim vakay'ámtaapkunish, yúxnaam su' úkrii.
    Now she lives in there, she's a bug now, a gray bug, lives in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  8. xás yúxnaam u'íripkurihanik.
    She dug a hole in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  9. astíip vúr u'íifti yúxnaam.
    It grows by the river in the sand.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text