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uuth towards the center of a body of water, out into or across a river or lake; towards the coast, to the west
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6337 | revised Jul 22 2014
uuth • ADV • towards the center of a body of water, out into or across a river or lake; towards the coast, to the west
Derivatives (5)
avnayûuth "a placename near Cappell"
imtaxá'uuthkam "part of Orleans"
xavnamnihichthufyûuth "placename, near Wilson Creek"
yûuchich "across- and down-river (dimin.)"
yûuth "downriver and across-stream; downriver across the ocean"
Source: WB 1505, p.392; TK xxxiv.9
- úuthvárih vúra ni'ípahoovish. I'm going to go back towards the river. [Reference: TK 71.7]
- víri pootníshuk víri uumyâach kunipthivrúhish úuth yurástiim. When he looked out, they had barely floated ashore at the ocean, on the beach. [Reference: WB T3.162]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (43)