Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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ax (animal) to bite, to rend with the teeth; to kill
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #859 | revised Nov 07 2014
ax • V • (animal) to bite, to rend with the teeth; to kill
Derivative (1)
chuvnivkach'áxaan "type of house spider"
Source: WB 214, p.326
Usage: Not used of humans, snakes, or insects..
- pachishíih uxúti kíri ni'ax. The dog wants to bite him. [Reference: KV]
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xás axmáy vúra yítha úkfuukiraa,
u'ax.
And suddenly she grabbed one, she killed him.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
xás kári kúkuum yítha u'ax.
And again she killed one.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
xás kári chavúra tá pâanpay koovúra tá kín'ax.
And finally after a while all of them were killed.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
víri vaa îin pakín'aaxtih.
It was that one that was killing them.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
papirishkâarim tá kuníkfuukiraa yuuxmachmahánach,
uxus,
" kíri ni'ax."
Grizzly (in her death throes) grabbed at Lizard, she thought, "Let me kill him!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
kári xás tá pu'axhára,
ásak sú' úkrii,
asapatxáxak.
So she couldn't kill him, he was inside the rock, the crack in the rock.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text