Ararahih'urípih
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Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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lexicon ID #4005 | revised Jun 30 2005

kupánakanakana • INTERJ • a word used to end myths

Variant kupánakanach (lexicon ID #7818)

Source: WB 925, p.363

  • kupánakanakana. chéemyaach ík vúra ataychúkinach i'uunúpraveesh. That's the end. Young brodiaea plant, you must come up quickly. [Reference: WB T2.69]
  • kupánakanakana. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish. That's the end. Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly. [Reference: KT 131.2]

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  1. kupánakanach.
    That is all.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text