Ararahih'urípih

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yûuth downriver and across-stream; downriver across the ocean

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7244 | revised Feb 21 2016

yûuth • ADV • downriver and across-stream; downriver across the ocean

Derivation: yu' uuth

downriver out.to.water

Derivatives (3)
avnayûuth "a placename near Cappell"
xavnamnihichthufyûuth "placename, near Wilson Creek"
yûuchich "across- and down-river (dimin.)"

Source: WB 1683.10, p.402; JPH ethno ?:180

xás yûuth ikurâak kun'ífukraa. And downriver, across the river, they climbed up a ridge. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 055]

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xás	mukunyûuchkamach	úkrii
then	downriver.across-stream.from.them	he.lived

And a man lived downriver across-stream from them.

Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

xás	yûuth	utrûuputih
then	downriver.and.across-stream	he.was.looking.downriver

Then he looked down across.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

xás	poofúmtaapsur	víri	yûuth	pootrûuputih	xánahich	axmáy	vaa	ukuupha	pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath	axmáy	u'áapuchur
then	when.he.blew	so	downriver.and.across-stream	as.he.looked.downriver	after.while	suddenly	so	they.did.it	their.woodpecker-head.sun-shades	suddenly	they.collapsed

And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text