Karuk Dictionary
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lexicon ID #7302 | revised Apr 21 2015
-ruk • SUFF • directional
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ahtuyshúnukich "name of a sweathouse at Ameekyáaraam rancheria"
apvúuchsuruk "name of a dog"
axaasúruk "placename, near Ukonom"
axavnuksúnukich "placename, target station near Katimin"
axavnuksúnukich "placename, target station near Katimin"
axavnukvásihkam "placename, a target station near Katimin"
axavnuk'ípanich "a place near Katimin"
áxavrukaha "to slide off (as a bank)"
axyamsuripshúruk "placename, near Perch Creek"
ikrukúruk "to poke around"
ipunvaraksúruk "a placename, Sandy Bar"
páy_nanusúruk "underground"
súnukich "beneath (dimin.)"
súruk "under, beneath"
súrukaa "hole (which does not go through, e.g. "a hole to woman")"
súrukaaha "to be a hole into"
súrukam "under, underneath"
surukampôor "men's underwear; underwear (women's or men's)"
surukámsaanva "underwear"
surukamyáfus "woman's underwear, slip, underskirt of a woman's dress"
surukúnvuunup "Sing-Ho Bar"
tíhyurukam "placename, near Ti Bar"
ukramsúruk "placename"
yunuktîimich "placename, part of Ishi Pishi rancheria"
yúruk "downriver (a considerable distance, e.g. at Weitchpec, not as far as yu')"
yúrukam "uphill downriver, i.e. on a height downriver"
yurukpathíkreen "name of a spirit person who lives at the lower end of the world"
yurúkthuuf "Bluff Creek"
yurúkvaarar "downriver Indian, Yurok Indian"
yûukam "(a short distance) downriver"
yûukamich "a little ways downriver (dimin.)"
yuunúkamich "uphill downriver"
yúxtuuyruk "a placename, part of Katimin rancheria"
áxavruk "landslide"
xunyêepshurukhitihan "prince's pine, pipsissewa, umbellate wintergreen"
Source: WB 622.21, p. 84
Note: Only found in lexicalized forms such as máruk 'uphill', káruk 'upriver'.
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