Ararahih'urípih
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yurúkvaarar / yurukvaara- downriver Indian, Yurok Indian

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lexicon ID #7216 | revised Feb 17 2016

yurúkvaarar / yurukvaara- • N • downriver Indian, Yurok Indian

Derivation:  yúruk va-áraar  (= yu'-ruk va-áraar)
downriver 3sPOSS human  (= downriver-DIR 3sPOSS human)

Source: WB 1683.6.4, p.402

Note: Applied by Happy Camp Karuk to people of Katimin (JPH ethno 380). Plural is yúrukvaaras 'Yurok Indians'.

  • payurukvâaras hâari kunikyâati, kunipíti, xuparish'úhraam. The downriver Indians sometimes made yew pipes, they say. [Reference: TK 150.13]
  • xuparish'íshraam yurukvaara'uhram'íkyav. The yew pipe is a Yurok make of pipe. [Reference: TK 135.12]