Ararahih'urípih
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yuh'ára Indian from downriver, i.e. either Yurok or Tolowa, but esp. Tolowa

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7130 | revised Feb 15 2016

yuh'ára • N • Indian from downriver, i.e. either Yurok or Tolowa, but esp. Tolowa

Literally: 'downriver person'

Derivation:  yu' ára
downriver person

Derivative (1)
yuh'aráriik "Crescent City, Tolowa territory"

Source: WB 1683.1, p.401

See yu- 'downriver' See ára 'person'

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  1. xás yuh'aráriik núvyiihship.
    Then we went to Crescent City.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text