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-rii- / -rih- place
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5179 | revised Oct 31 2014
-rii- / -rih- • SUFF • place
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amtápnihich "ashy place (dimin.)"
aneekyavániik "hospital"
ansáfriik "Weitchpec (a Yurok town)"
apuruvániik "placename, part of rancheria"
apxantíichriik "city"
aráriik "one's relatives' place; rancheria, i.e. an Indian village"
asarakávriik_táayhitihan "a plant, sweet fennel"
asarakávriik_vaamtáparas "a plant, fennel"
eeníhriik "deep place"
éeniik "deep, used when speaking of water"
fathipríhkaam "placename near Hoopa"
imfinánihich "warm place"
imfiráriik "hot place"
imtananáamnihich "visible ; clear (of sound)"
imtipahéeniik "Crescent City"
ipaháriik "forest, woods, a stand of trees"
ipútriik "shady place"
ishyúxriik "among one's relations (?)"
ith'arániik "among strangers"
itharípriik "fir forest"
kah'aráriik "far upriver"
kakúmniik "in some places"
kéechriik "big place"
kishakeevráriik "Hoopa (valley and town)"
kitaxriharáriik "dangerous place, full of evil spirits"
kufípriik "willow grove"
-riik "place"
tishanihmâam "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
tishanihmâasuum "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
tishaníhthuuf "Camp Creek"
tishániik "placename near Camp Creek"
tishnámnihich "in an open place"
xanthípriik "black oak grove"
xavnámnihich "placename, near Wilson Creek"
xavnamnihichthufyûuth "placename, near Wilson Creek"
xavnamnihíchthuuf "Wilson Creek"
xavramníhak "in a house-pit"
xavramníhthuuf "Irving Creek"
xavrámniik "placename, near Irving Creek"
xeechíchnihich "soft place (dimin.)"
xunvásriik "term applied to a village for five days when death business is going on"
xupsáchriik "land of the dead"
yaamáchnihich "nice place"
yuh'aráriik "Crescent City, Tolowa territory"
yuhxavramníhak "house site at Katimin"
yumaaráriik "land of the dead, "Hell""
piríshriik "brush, brush place"
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