Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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axiich / axicha- child; man's brother's child
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #920 | revised Oct 31 2014
axiich / axicha- • N • child; man's brother's child
Derivatives (9)
avansáxiich "boy (of pre-pubertal age)"
axichapíitich "newborn baby"
axichapipúniishich "children-tail"
axichavaaxvâax "crybaby"
axichaxus'éethaan "nurse for children"
axicheekrívraam "womb, uterus"
axicheekyamíichvar "toy"
axichéethvar "mat to hold a baby, made of everlasting flower and iris twine."
keemisháaxiich "halfbreed child (obsolete term)"
Source: WB 223, p.327
Note: Initial vowel is lost after a prefixal vowel. The dimin. is axíitich.
- xás uum asaxvuhpihnîich káru paaxíitichas, uum ataynamtunvêech kunpárihish. And Old Man Turtle and his children, they were transformed into the Pleiades ("little stars"). [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 082]
- hínupa pihnêefich áxak vúra axíich tookyéehinaa. Coyote made two babies for them. [Reference: KT 147.8]
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (35)