Ararahih'urípih
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if true

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lexicon ID #1456 | revised Nov 07 2014

if ADJ • true

Derivative (1)
ifuyâach "that's right; really true"

Source: WB 408, p.335

  • púvaa ífhara. That's not true. [Reference: TK 216.2]


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  1. xás   u--ti   vúra   if   koovúra   vaa   u-músahi-ti   ôok   pa-nanú-'uup   pa-nini-'ávan   mu-krívraam  
    then   3s(>3)-say-DUR   Intensive   true   all   that   3s(>3)-look-DUR   here   the-1plPOSS-possession   the-1sPOSS-husband   3sPOSS-house  
    And she said, "It's true, everything looks like our things here, in my husband's house."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  2. pa-mu-túnviiv   ú-peen-vunaa   t-u-'ifuyâach-ha  
    the-3sPOSS-children   3s(>3)-say.to-PL   PERF-3s(>3)-that's.right-DENOM  
    She told her children, "It's really true.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  3. xás   pa-'avansáxiich   u-'aapúnma   vúra   if  
    then   the-boy   3s(>3)-know   Intensive   true  
    And the boy knew it was true.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  4. kári   xás   u-piip   ifuyâach   húm   pa-ta-na-koohímachva  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   that's.right   or   NOMZ-PERF-2s/3s>1s-pity  
    And he said, "Is it true that you grieve for me?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  5. kári   xás   u-piip   pa-'íf-haak   víri   chími   nu-pêen   p-ée-kuph-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   NOMZ-true-when   so   soon   1pl(>3)-say.to   NOMZ-2s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And he said, "If it is true, let me tell you what to do.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  6. hínu páy   vúra   if  
    surprise   Intensive   true  
    Sure enough, it was true.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  7. íi   kári   xás   kun-xus   púya   íf   puxích   t-oo   kúha   kíri   xuus   kun-'uum  
    oh!   then   then   3pl(>3s)-think   and.so   true   very.much   PERF-3s(>3)   be.sick   I.wish   thought   3pl(>3s)-arrive  
    And they were thinking that she's really sick, that she needs to get doctored.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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