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yúruk downriver (a considerable distance, e.g. at Weitchpec, not as far as yu')
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7212 | revised Feb 17 2016
yúruk • ADV • downriver (a considerable distance, e.g. at Weitchpec, not as far as yu')
| Derivation: | yu'-ruk |
| downriver-DIR |
Derivatives (9)
tíhyurukam "placename, near Ti Bar"
yunuktîimich "placename, part of Ishi Pishi rancheria"
yúrukam "uphill downriver, i.e. on a height downriver"
yurukpathíkreen "name of a spirit person who lives at the lower end of the world"
yurúkthuuf "Bluff Creek"
yurúkvaarar "downriver Indian, Yurok Indian"
yûukam "(a short distance) downriver"
yûukamich "a little ways downriver (dimin.)"
yuunúkamich "uphill downriver"
Source: WB 1683.6, p.401; JPH mat 07:354R
- vaa uum vúra payúruk takunvíitrup tuthívruuhrup yúruk. When they traveled downstream by boat, they floated downstream. [Reference: WB 15: Coyote As Lawmaker 004]
- yiiv vúra yúruk kárivari taay paxunyêep. There are still lots of tan oaks far downriver. [Reference: TK 68.42]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (47)