Ararahih'urípih
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kah'árah Shasta Indian

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3710 | revised Mar 02 2015

kah'árah • N • Shasta Indian

Literally: 'upriver person'

Derivation:  kah-ára
upriver person

Source: WB 835.1, p.358

Note: TK 127.3 gives plural kah'áras. JPH ethno ?:380: Phoebe says this means 'Klamath Falls Indians'.

  • uumkun káru vúra uhsípnuuk kuntâarahiti pakah'árahsa. The upriver Indians have tobacco baskets too. [Reference: TK 126.27]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. xás   pa-kah'árah-sas   kun-ivyíhuk  
    then   the-Shasta.Indian-PL   3pl(>3s)-come.(pl.)  
    And the upriver people came.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  2. xás   víri   kúna   ku-mâam   kun-ihmárafak   pa-kah'árah-sas  
    then   so   in.addition   3sPOSS-uphill   3pl(>3s)-run.down.from.uphill.(pl.)   the-Shasta.Indian-PL  
    And the upriver people were running down from uphill just upslope from them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text