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imfip- to gather, to assemble
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2419 | revised Nov 17 2014
imfip- • V • to gather, to assemble
Derivatives (5)
imfíipshur "to come off (of a surface, as paint); to fade"
imfípish "to come together, to gather"
imfipishniháyaachha "to assemble from all over"
imfipishniháyavha "to assemble from all over"
imfípivrath "to gather in a sweathouse"
Source: WB 574, p.344
Note: Bound stem, occurring only with directional suffixes.
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púyava tá kun-imfipíshriihva pa-xus'úmaan-sa you.see PERF 3pl(>3s)-come.together the-shaman-PL So the 'doctors' assembled. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full textpanamníh-maam koovúra tá kun-imfipíshriihva p-eekxariya-'ifápiit-shas Orleans-behind all PERF 3pl(>3s)-come.together the-spirit.person-young.unmarried.woman-PL All the spirit girls gathered back of Orleans. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full texttá kun-imfipíshriihva panamníh-maam PERF 3pl(>3s)-come.together Orleans-behind They gathered back of Orleans. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textvíri p-eekxaréeyav tá kun-imfipishniháyavha so the-spirit.person PERF 3pl(>3s)-assemble.from.all.over The spirits gathered together. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textxás pá-yuux koovúra t-óo mfiipshur xás kári tá kun-kôoha then the-dirt all PERF-3s(>3) come.off then then PERF 3pl(>3s)-stop And all the sand came off, and then they stopped. Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text