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lexicon ID #503 | revised Oct 31 2014
-ar / -ara- • SUFF • having, characterized by
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achíchanach "name of a fireplace"
achíchar "lousy; like lice"
afirasánanach "a plant, green dock"
afupvastárarar "man's name, Yaas' father"
ahyúpanach "glow-worm; arrow target"
ahyupanachvákay "glow-worm"
amtapanatunvêech "a plant, the wooly sunflower"
amtapanás'anamahach "a type of lupine, the Miniature Lupine"
amtáparas "a type of lupine, the silver lupine"
amtaparaxáras "a type of thistle"
ánupanach "newborn baby"
apmananá'anamahach "small buckskin headband decorated with woodpecker scalps"
apmárar "woodpecker-head sash decorated with woodpecker scalps, used in the jump dance and brush dance"
apsihikxánavanach "Goldenback Fern"
apsihthákurar "bowlegged"
apvuyfúraxar "red-tailed hawk"
araramvanyupsítanach "horsefly"
ásar "juicy"
asarakávriik_táayhitihan "a plant, sweet fennel"
asarakávriik_vaamtáparas "a plant, fennel"
asarakávriik_vaamtáparas "a plant, fennel"
asaxêevar "mossy; a placename, Baldy Peak"
askanyupthúkirar "legendary animal, identified with the African lion by some speakers"
astahtatáktaakar "golden-eye duck"
astahvôonanach "coot, "mudhen""
astahvôorar "coot, "mudhen""
asvút'iithkar "winged ant"
atayramsishxárahar "dragonfly"
athkúritar "fatty, greasy"
athkuritárahiv "hunting season"
axaktaktakarapírish "plant sp."
axicheekyamíichvar "toy"
axrátar "thorny"
axratarakávaras "a plant, the prickly sow-thistle"
axratarakávaras "a plant, the prickly sow-thistle"
axthahaxúrarar "mussel with shell on"
axvâahar "pitch-wood, i.e. wood containing pitch; candle"
axvaaharaathkúrit "kerosene"
axváhahar "pitchy (full of pitch)"
axvíthirar "dirty"
axyus'axpíhar "bull-pine nut"
chaxtôonach "baby in a basket"
chishihtáavrathar "name for a dog with a stripe"
fithíhkuunhar "a man's name"
ifuchkávanach "broken-off dentalia end"
iishkôor "naked"
ikhutunvaxáraharas "a plant, milkwort"
iknáaxar "cross-eyed"
iknákar "stick used in guessing game"
ikrivrávar "house owner"
iktaktakakávaras "a plant, alum root"
ikutunvaxáraharas "a plant, milkwort"
imnishnam'apvuyhánach "grease tray with a handle"
imyátar "hairy"
ípihanach "a by-name for the sucker (fish)"
ípihar "bony ; alive (figuratively speaking, because the dead have no bones)"
ípihar "living person"
iptáxapar "Chinese"
iráraha "to have long hair (on head)"
ishkítmahar "lucky"
ishkoonayaachkúnihar "arrow without foreshaft or feathers, used by boys"
ishpukatâar "a rich person"
ishvit'ishrávar "half Scott Valley Indian"
ishxíkihar "sturgeon"
ishxikiharámaan "sturgeon skin"
itaharaviktítikar "ten-point elk"
ithivthaneen'iktátikar "world prop, name of the rock under the Katimin sweathouse, also one at Ike's Point; also applied to Sugarloaf"
ithvayfúrax "type of salamander, "waterdog""
ixvíiphar "angry"
kaftunvaxáraharas "plant species"
kitaxríhar "a kind of dangerous spirit"
kitaxríharaha "to be unfaithful to one's spouse"
kitaxriharáriik "dangerous place, full of evil spirits"
kunihareekxúrikar "larkspur"
simsimtâar "white man"
sinmôovishar "to be absent a long time"
-tâar "owner, possessor"
tâaraha "to have, to own (several things)"
tahapmánanach "type of bird"
tanipaníchxuunanach "harbor seal, and probably other species of seal as well"
tapraráh'aasar "mallard duck"
taxvukanáhiich "a plant, tibinagua"
thirixôorar "bull, stud horse"
thitivxúrar "heedless"
tishrávar "Shasta Indian of Scott Valley; (person) of the valley"
tishravará'iivreer "Etna Mountain"
tishravarasahíshyuuxach "jackrabbit"
tishravaréeyunanach "kit fox, "black fox""
tivxárahar "mule"
tunvêeraha "(animal) to give birth; (human) to give birth to an illegitimate child"
uhíchanach "a plant"
vishvanyáchahanach "a girls's name"
vishvanyáthahar "a woman's name"
vôorar "slow-moving"
xahavishvantínihanach "type of spider with a white body"
xakanana'apmanaxvúhanach "having whiskers on both sides; name of a white man called Browning"
xanaváchar "ritually impure man"
xanchifichkutkútar "toad"
xanchifich'imkútkuutar "frog with bumps (either toad or a kind of water frog)"
xavisharáthuuf "Ike's Gulch, a creek at ameekyáaraam rancheria"
xuchxuchkásar "man's name, Sandy Bar Bob"
xunxúrar "slobbery (said of snail or baby)"
xúrar "thick (said of liquid)"
xúsanach "sensible (dimin.)"
xúsar "sensible (said of a person)"
xúsaraha "to be sensible"
xuskamhareekxúrikar "painted bow"
yúfishar "salty"
yunyuunhánach "strange, odd"
yupchúkinanach "panther (dimin.)"
yupíknaaxar "cross-eyed"
yupin'úruhar "name of a woman, sister of sayníihvach"
yupsírihar "blind"
yupsítanach "baby"
yupsitanachpírish "plant sp., the four-o'clock"
yupthúkirar "panther, mountain lion"
yup'úruharas "thrush"
sunyithih'ásar "chinquapin nut mush"
achíchanach "name of a fireplace"
achíchar "lousy; like lice"
afirasánanach "a plant, green dock"
afupvastárarar "man's name, Yaas' father"
ahyúpanach "glow-worm; arrow target"
ahyupanachvákay "glow-worm"
amtapanatunvêech "a plant, the wooly sunflower"
amtapanás'anamahach "a type of lupine, the Miniature Lupine"
amtáparas "a type of lupine, the silver lupine"
amtaparaxáras "a type of thistle"
ánupanach "newborn baby"
apmananá'anamahach "small buckskin headband decorated with woodpecker scalps"
apmárar "woodpecker-head sash decorated with woodpecker scalps, used in the jump dance and brush dance"
apsihikxánavanach "Goldenback Fern"
apsihthákurar "bowlegged"
apvuyfúraxar "red-tailed hawk"
araramvanyupsítanach "horsefly"
ásar "juicy"
asarakávriik_táayhitihan "a plant, sweet fennel"
asarakávriik_vaamtáparas "a plant, fennel"
asarakávriik_vaamtáparas "a plant, fennel"
asaxêevar "mossy; a placename, Baldy Peak"
askanyupthúkirar "legendary animal, identified with the African lion by some speakers"
astahtatáktaakar "golden-eye duck"
astahvôonanach "coot, "mudhen""
astahvôorar "coot, "mudhen""
asvút'iithkar "winged ant"
atayramsishxárahar "dragonfly"
athkúritar "fatty, greasy"
athkuritárahiv "hunting season"
axaktaktakarapírish "plant sp."
axicheekyamíichvar "toy"
axrátar "thorny"
axratarakávaras "a plant, the prickly sow-thistle"
axratarakávaras "a plant, the prickly sow-thistle"
axthahaxúrarar "mussel with shell on"
axvâahar "pitch-wood, i.e. wood containing pitch; candle"
axvaaharaathkúrit "kerosene"
axváhahar "pitchy (full of pitch)"
axvíthirar "dirty"
axyus'axpíhar "bull-pine nut"
chaxtôonach "baby in a basket"
chishihtáavrathar "name for a dog with a stripe"
fithíhkuunhar "a man's name"
ifuchkávanach "broken-off dentalia end"
iishkôor "naked"
ikhutunvaxáraharas "a plant, milkwort"
iknáaxar "cross-eyed"
iknákar "stick used in guessing game"
ikrivrávar "house owner"
iktaktakakávaras "a plant, alum root"
ikutunvaxáraharas "a plant, milkwort"
imnishnam'apvuyhánach "grease tray with a handle"
imyátar "hairy"
ípihanach "a by-name for the sucker (fish)"
ípihar "bony ; alive (figuratively speaking, because the dead have no bones)"
ípihar "living person"
iptáxapar "Chinese"
iráraha "to have long hair (on head)"
ishkítmahar "lucky"
ishkoonayaachkúnihar "arrow without foreshaft or feathers, used by boys"
ishpukatâar "a rich person"
ishvit'ishrávar "half Scott Valley Indian"
ishxíkihar "sturgeon"
ishxikiharámaan "sturgeon skin"
itaharaviktítikar "ten-point elk"
ithivthaneen'iktátikar "world prop, name of the rock under the Katimin sweathouse, also one at Ike's Point; also applied to Sugarloaf"
ithvayfúrax "type of salamander, "waterdog""
ixvíiphar "angry"
kaftunvaxáraharas "plant species"
kitaxríhar "a kind of dangerous spirit"
kitaxríharaha "to be unfaithful to one's spouse"
kitaxriharáriik "dangerous place, full of evil spirits"
kunihareekxúrikar "larkspur"
simsimtâar "white man"
sinmôovishar "to be absent a long time"
-tâar "owner, possessor"
tâaraha "to have, to own (several things)"
tahapmánanach "type of bird"
tanipaníchxuunanach "harbor seal, and probably other species of seal as well"
tapraráh'aasar "mallard duck"
taxvukanáhiich "a plant, tibinagua"
thirixôorar "bull, stud horse"
thitivxúrar "heedless"
tishrávar "Shasta Indian of Scott Valley; (person) of the valley"
tishravará'iivreer "Etna Mountain"
tishravarasahíshyuuxach "jackrabbit"
tishravaréeyunanach "kit fox, "black fox""
tivxárahar "mule"
tunvêeraha "(animal) to give birth; (human) to give birth to an illegitimate child"
uhíchanach "a plant"
vishvanyáchahanach "a girls's name"
vishvanyáthahar "a woman's name"
vôorar "slow-moving"
xahavishvantínihanach "type of spider with a white body"
xakanana'apmanaxvúhanach "having whiskers on both sides; name of a white man called Browning"
xanaváchar "ritually impure man"
xanchifichkutkútar "toad"
xanchifich'imkútkuutar "frog with bumps (either toad or a kind of water frog)"
xavisharáthuuf "Ike's Gulch, a creek at ameekyáaraam rancheria"
xuchxuchkásar "man's name, Sandy Bar Bob"
xunxúrar "slobbery (said of snail or baby)"
xúrar "thick (said of liquid)"
xúsanach "sensible (dimin.)"
xúsar "sensible (said of a person)"
xúsaraha "to be sensible"
xuskamhareekxúrikar "painted bow"
yúfishar "salty"
yunyuunhánach "strange, odd"
yupchúkinanach "panther (dimin.)"
yupíknaaxar "cross-eyed"
yupin'úruhar "name of a woman, sister of sayníihvach"
yupsírihar "blind"
yupsítanach "baby"
yupsitanachpírish "plant sp., the four-o'clock"
yupthúkirar "panther, mountain lion"
yup'úruharas "thrush"
sunyithih'ásar "chinquapin nut mush"
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