Ararahih'urípih
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ifuchtîimich last one

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1493 | revised Apr 01 2014

ifuchtîimich • N • last one Variant: ifuchtîich.

Literally: 'little behind-edge'

Derivation:  ífuth tíim-ich
behind edge-DIM

Source: WB 412.1, p.335

  • pa'ifuchtîimich vaa pani'usiprîinati. I take the hindmost one. [Reference: TK 116.14]
  • ta'ifuchtimich'ikrívraam the last house [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 151]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. váa   ta   ifuchtîimich   váa   tápaan   u-xraam   pa-mú-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

  2. xás   áxak   ifuchtîimich   tá   kun-saam  
    then   two   last.one   PERF   3pl(>3s)-remain  
    And there were two (runners) left at the end.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   chishíi   ifuchtîimich  
    then   then   dog   last.one  
    And Dog was last.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text