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áraar / arara- human being, person; Indian
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #506 | revised Oct 31 2014
áraar / arara- • N • human being, person; Indian
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arará'aan "Indian string"
araraxúskaamhar "bow"
araráchuuy "man's name, Pete Henry"
araramvanyupsítanach "horsefly"
ararápiit "newborn baby"
ararapishpíshih "yellowjacket"
araraprâms "wild plum(s)"
ararásaak "arrowhead"
ararasárah "Indian bread, acorn bread"
ararásiih "Indian nails"
ararásir "human disappearance"
araratîimvarih "name of a tribe far to the east"
ararávaas "indian blanket; deerskin worn around waist for jumping dance and other dances"
araraxusipmúrukar "protective medicine"
araraxus'úmaan "doctor"
ararayaas'ára "Bureau of Indian Affairs"
arareekrívraam "family house, living house"
araréeptoorar "census taker"
araréeshpuk "dentalium shells"
araréeshvit "halfbreed"
aráriik "one's relatives' place; rancheria, i.e. an Indian village"
arara'ifchikinkôor "a flower, baby-blue-eyes"
arara'iftakankôor "a plant"
ikxariya'áraar ""medicine man", the priest who officiates at the world-renewal ceremony (Kroeber and Gifford, p.7)"
ishvit'áraar "halfbreed"
ith'áraan "one after another"
ith'áraan "stranger; another person"
ith'arániik "among strangers"
kah'áraar "upriver Indian, used by people at Katimin for people up to about 1/2 mile beyond Happy Camp"
kahyuras'áraar "Klamath River Shasta"
kasah'áraar "perhaps refers to the Chimariko and Wintun tribes of the upper Trinity River area (Curtis 13.225)"
thithunan'áraar "Indian tribe of Oregon"
vitkirik'áraar "Redwood Creek Indian, Chilula"
yaas'áraar "humankind; rich person, sometimes translated 'chief'"
yaas'aráaraha "to be rich"
yurúkvaarar "downriver Indian, Yurok Indian"
arara'imváram "basket plate"
ararachúupha "Karuk language or Indian language"
araráhih "the Karuk language"
arará'iihvunaa "brush dance"
Source: WB 132, p.320
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áraar uum vúra pu'ihêeratihara pasahihêeraha. The Indians never smoke the downslope tobacco. [Reference: TK47.15]
See áraar 'person'
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ararakuníhar "arrows" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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ararasíkih "Indian spoon" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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ararayáfus "brush dance ceremonial dress" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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arareehêera "Indian tobacco" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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araráapxaan "basket hat" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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ararápaah "canoe" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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ararápxaan "basket hat" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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kêemachkoo kuma'áraar "poor man" (spoken by )
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kúnish áraar "kind of an Indian" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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pa'araráhih "the Indian language" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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áraar "human being" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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áraar "Indian person" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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áraaras "people" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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