Ararahih'urípih
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yûuth downriver and across-stream; downriver across the ocean

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7244 | revised Feb 21 2016

yûuth • ADV • downriver and across-stream; downriver across the ocean

Derivation:  yu' uuth
downriver out.to.water

Derivatives (3)
avnayûuth "a placename near Cappell"
xavnamnihichthufyûuth "placename, near Wilson Creek"
yûuchich "across- and down-river (dimin.)"

Source: WB 1683.10, p.402; JPH ethno ?:180

  • xás yûuth ikurâak kun'ífukraa. And downriver, across the river, they climbed up a ridge. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 055]

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  1. xás mukunyûuchkamach úkrii.
    And a man lived downriver across-stream from them.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  2. xás yûuth utrûuputih.
    Then he looked down across.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  3. xás poofúmtaapsur víri yûuth pootrûuputih, xánahich axmáy vaa ukuupha, pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath axmáy u'áapuchur.
    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text