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yaas'ára / yaas'arara- rich person; (in myths) Humankind
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lexicon ID #7022 | revised Feb 11 2016
yaas'ára / yaas'arara- • N • rich person; (in myths) Humankind Variant: yaas'áraar(a).
| Derivation: | yaas ára |
| yaas person |
Derivatives (4)
achvivyáas'ara "great gray owl, "hoot owl""
apaxantiichyaas'ára "government"
apxantiichyaas'ára "government"
ararayaas'ára "Bureau of Indian Affairs"
Source: WB 1660, p.400; TK 5.18
Note: Vowel of yaas- is never shortened. Equiv. to yaas'áraar.
- puhínupa yaas'ára chishíih chuphûunishtiheeshara. Humankind must never talk to a dog. [Reference: Dog talked 017]
- vaa kích poo'ákakurihti, yaas'ára tu'íinish. People were shouting only that, "Humankind has come to exist." [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 058]
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