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yumaaráriik land of the dead, "Hell"
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7164 | revised Feb 16 2016
yumaaráriik • N • land of the dead, "Hell"
Literally: 'dead-person place'
| Derivation: | yumá'ara-riik | (= yuma ára-rii-k) |
| dead.person-place | (= yuma person-place-LOC) |
Source: WB 1694.1.4, p.402
- yumaaráriik tusúpaaha, pa'ôok tuvákurihaak. It's daytime in hell when the sun is going down here. [Reference: JPH ethno ?:???]