Ararahih'urípih
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yáfus to wear a dress; to put on a dress

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7027 | revised Feb 11 2016

yáfus V • to wear a dress; to put on a dress

Derivatives (5)
axyusyáfus "pine-nut dress"
furaxyáfus "red satin dress"
sirikayáfus "silk"
surukamyáfus "woman's underwear, slip, underskirt of a woman's dress"
yáfus "woman's dress"

Source: WB 1650, p.399

  • cheemyáachva vúra kúkuum yíth takunipyáfus. Every once in a while they put on another dress. [Reference: KM 32.4]
  • vaa takunipyáfus. They wore those things as dresses. [Reference: WB T65.23]


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  1. xas   pa--kîit   u-peer   tâak   pa-mi-yáfus   -xraam  
    then   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3s(>3)-say.to   give.me!   the-2sPOSS-wear.dress   1s(>3)-bet  
    And he told his grandmother: “Give me your dress. Let me bet it.”
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  2. ta'ítam   u-'êeh-een   pa-mu-yáfus  
    so   3s(>3)-give-ANT   the-3sPOSS-wear.dress  
    Then she gave him her dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  3. váa   ta   ifuchtîimich   váa   tápaan   u-xraam   pa--kiit   mu-yáfus  
    that   PERF   last.one   that   must(?)   3s(>3)-bet   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3sPOSS-dress  
    Then at last he even bet his grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  4. táay   nik      kun-chífich   vúra   pu-'ixrara-tih-ara   váa   xás   u-'ívur   pa--kiit   mu-yáfus  
    much   a.little   PERF   3pl(>3s)-beat   Intensive   NEG-weep-DUR-NEG   that   then   3s(>3)-cry.for   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3sPOSS-dress  
    They had won lots of things from him but he never cried, all he cried for was his grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  5. víri   váa   vúra   payváhiim   kári   u-'ívun-ti   pa-kun-páxeep-anik   pa--kiit   mu-yáfus  
    so   so   Intensive   nowadays   then   3s(>3)-cry.for-DUR   the-3pl(>3s)-win.from-ANC   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3sPOSS-dress  
    He is crying for it now yet, because they won it from him, grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  6. kóova   u-thvuyxâah-anik   pa-mu-yáfus  
    so   3s(>3)-care-ANC   the-3sPOSS-dress  
    She felt so sad about her dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  7. pa-mu-yáfus   á'   t-óo   stakúraan  
    the-3sPOSS-dress   above   PERF-3s(>3)   become.ripped.up  
    Her dress was ripped up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  8. víri   vaa   kun-kupi-tih   patha-kan-'ávak      kun-thataktakúraan   pa-mukun-yáfus   pa-mukun-yupastáran   mûuk   pa-kun-'ívun-ti   kahyuras'afishríhan  
    so   so   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR   knee-Locative-above   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.tattered   the-3plPOSS-dress   the-3plPOSS-tear.(from.weeping)   with.(by.means.of)   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-cry.for-DUR   Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man  
    They did this, their dresses were all tattered up above the knees from the tears that they were weeping for Klamath Lakes Young Man.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  9. káru   taay   ík   vúra   yáfus   i-kyâa-vish  
    also   much   must   Intensive   dress   2s(>3)-make-FUT  
    And you must make many dresses.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  10. ta'ítam   uum   káru   u-vík-aheen   káru   ú-kyav   pa-yáfus  
    so   3.SG   also   3s(>3)-weave-ANT   also   3s(>3)-make   the-dress  
    So she too wove and made the dresses.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  11. kári   xás   hâari   vúra   pirísh-riik   pa-   kun-'áhoo   pa-mukun-yáfus   t-u-tatitítit  
    then   then   sometime   Intensive   plant-place   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-go   the-3plPOSS-dress   PERF-3s(>3)-be.tattered  
    And sometimes it was a brushy place where they traveled, their dresses got torn.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  12. p-eempurávaas   pa-t-u-vuhvúhi-naa   púyava   pa-ta-kun-íkviipvarayva   púyava      kun-síchakvutva   vaa      kun-ip-yáfus  
    the-flour.sack   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-do.jump.dance-PL   you.see   NOMZ-PERF-3pl(>3s)-carry.blades.in.deerskin.dance   you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-put.on.a.belt   so   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-wear.dress  
    And when they did the deerskin dance, when they carried the obsidian blades, they wore the flour bags around their waist, they put them on that way, as dresses.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  13. arara-yáfus   uum   vúra   táfirapu   u-kyâar-ahi-tih  
    human-dress   3.SG   Intensive   buckskin   3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR  
    The Indian dress was made of buckskin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text
  14. pa-yáfus   uum   vúra   yítha   vúra   pufích-maan  
    the-dress   3.SG   Intensive   one   Intensive   deer-skin  
    The dress was just one deerskin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text
  15. xás   pa-mukun-yafusa-yêepsha   vúra   uum   yâamach   u-kyâah-ahi-tih  
    then   the-3plPOSS-dress-good.(pl.)   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   3s(>3)-make-ESS-DUR  
    And their good dresses were made pretty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text
  16. mukun-yáfus   pu-vâarama-sa-hara  
    3plPOSS-dress   NEG-long-PL-NEG  
    Their dresses were not long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text