Ararahih'urípih
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íifship / íifshipriv (plant) to grow, (person) to grow up, to be raised

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1640 | revised Oct 31 2014

íifship / íifshipriv • V • (plant) to grow, (person) to grow up, to be raised

Derivation:  if-sip
grow-up

Derivatives (3)
ifshíiprin "to grow up (plural action)"
ifshipfípaan "man's name"
yáv'iifship "well-raised"

Source: WB 400.5, p.335

  • káruma uum vúra vaa ukupa'iifshípreehanik The fact is he had been raised that way. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 006]
  • yítha áachip vúra poo'íifshiprivti. One thing grows up in the middle. [Reference: TK 57.25]

Sentence examples (12)

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  1. xás   pa-yeeripáxvu   t-óo   kêechha   xás   yâamach   t-u-'íifship  
    then   the-adolescent.girl   PERF-3s(>3)   be.big   then   pretty   PERF-3s(>3)-grow.up  
    And the girl got big, and she grew up pretty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  2. vaa   vúra   u-kupa-'iifshípree-nik   pa-kâanimich   u-'iifshípree-nik  
    so   Intensive   3s(>3)-MODAL-grow.up-ANC   NOMZ-poor   3s(>3)-grow.up-ANC  
    She had grown up that way, since she had grown up poor.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  3. kun-máah-ti   p-eekxaréeyav   t-u-'íifship  
    3pl(>3s)-see-DUR   NOMZ-spirit.person   PERF-3s(>3)-grow.up  
    They would see where a spirit had grown up (i.e., was living).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  4. kúkuum   fátaak   tá   kun-máh   ikxaréeyav   t-u-'íifship  
    again   somewhere   PERF   3pl(>3s)-see   spirit.person   PERF-3s(>3)-grow.up  
    Again somewhere they would see that a spirit had grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. yánava   ikxaréeyav   t-u-'íifship  
    visible   spirit.person   PERF-3s(>3)-grow.up  
    They saw a spirit had grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  6. víri   kôokaninay   ni-'aapúnmu-ti   p-eekxaréeyav   t-u-'íifship  
    so   everywhere   1s(>3)-know-DUR   NOMZ-spirit.person   PERF-3s(>3)-grow.up  
    I know everyplace that a spirit has grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  7. mu-chíshii   vúra   xákaan   kun-'íifship  
    3sPOSS-dog   Intensive   both   3pl(>3s)-grow.up  
    He and his dog grew up together.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  8. yukún   vaa   xákaan   u-'iifshípree-nik   pa-mu-tákasar  
    you.see   that   with.(one.person)   3s(>3)-grow.up-ANC   the-3sPOSS-shinny.tossel  
    You see, he had grown up with that tossel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  9. yukún   uum   ikxareeyaa-tâapas   u-'iifshípree-nik   iknûumin veekxaréeyav  
    you.see   3.SG   spirit.person-most   3s(>3)-grow.up-ANC   Burrill.Peak.spirit  
    You see, Burrill Peak Spirit had grown up into a real ikxaréeyav.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  10. itáharavan   kun-'íifshipree-nik   tipahêer-as  
    ten.(animate)   3pl(>3s)-grow.up-ANC   brother-PL  
    Ten brothers once grew up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  11. uum   vúra   káan   u-'iifshípree-nik   afíshnihanich   itúkuk  
    3.SG   Intensive   there   3s(>3)-grow.up-ANC   young.man.(dimin.)   placename  
    A young man lived there at itúkuk (in Yurok territory, opposite Weitchpec).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text