Ararahih'urípih
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yâak good place, lucky place

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6998 | revised Feb 09 2016

yâak • N • good place, lucky place

Derivation:  yav-ak
good-Locative

Derivative (1)
yâakha "to be a good place"

Source: WB 1665.2, p.400

  • xás yánava káan vúra yâak It was a lucky (good) place in there. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 013]
  • puyâakhara pa'ôokukam. This side is a bad place. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 033]

Sentence examples (3)

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  1. úma   vúra   vaa   kun-pakúriihva-naa-ti   imfira-yâak  
    emphatic(?)   Intensive   so   3pl(>3s)-sing.songs-PL-DUR   heat-good.place  
    Just the same they kept on singing in the heat.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. kúna   úum   pa-hôotah   yâak   nu-'ípak-ahaak   hínupa   ta-pu-'ára   íin-ara  
    in.addition   3.SG   NOMZ-late   good.place   1pl(>3)-come.back-when   surprise   PERF-NEG-person   exist-NEG  
    If we came back late to the good place, humankind would not exist.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

  3. pu-yâak-hara   pa-'ôokukam  
    NEG-good.place-NEG   the-on.this.side  
    This side is a bad place.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text