Ararahih'urípih
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afíshnihanich young man (dimin.)

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lexicon ID #141 | revised Sep 16 2014

afíshnihanich • N • young man (dimin.)

Derivation:  afishríhan-ich  (= af-ish-an-ich)
young.man-DIM  (= af-down-Participial-DIM)

  • kári xás vúra uum taay yáan'iiftihan pa'afishnihánichas xás takunthárufvunaa. And lots of unmarried young men peeled the sticks. [Reference: WB T79.4]
  • úytaahkoo va'afishnihánichas kunivyíhukeesh kúmateech. Young men from Mount Shasta are coming this evening. [Reference: KT 152.25]

See afishríhan 'young man'

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. pimnanihtanákaanich   uum   afíshnihanich-hanik  
    mourning.dove   3.SG   young.man.(dimin.)-ANC  
    Mourning dove was a young man.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  2. 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

  3. kári   xás   vúra   uum   táay   yáan'iiftihan   pa-'afíshnihanich-as   tá   kun-tháruf-vunaa  
    then   then   Intensive   3.SG   much   young.person   the-young.man.(dimin.)-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-peel.sticks-PL  
    And lots of young unmarried men peeled the sticks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text