Ararahih'urípih
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ikpíhan strong

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1905 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikpíhan ADJ • strong

Derivative (1)
ikpihánishich "stronger"

Source: WB 474, p.338; TK 9.19

Note: Cf. ikpíhansa (JPH "Grammar" 86).

  • avanseekpíhan a strong man [Reference: WB files]


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  1. pu-'ikpíhan-hara   pa-sah-ihêeraha   xáat   vaa   ár   u-hêer  
    NEG-strong-NEG   the-downhill-tobacco   may   that   person   3s(>3)-smoke  
    That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text
  2. tírih-sha   pa-mu-pírish   ikpíhan   imxathakkêem  
    wide-PL   the-3sPOSS-plant   strong   bad-smelling  
    It has widish leaves, it is strong, it stinks.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text
  3. ipan-sún-uk-ich   vaa   káan   pa-yêepsha   ikpíhan   p-eehêeraha   kunish   ár   u-'iftakankôo-ti   vaa   p-eheeraha-yêepsha   káan-vári  
    end-off-to.here-DIM   so   there   the-good.(pl.)   strong   the-tobacco   sort.of   person   3s(>3)-stick.to-DUR   so   the-tobacco-good.(pl.)   there-toward  
    Toward the top they are good leaves, it is strong tobacco, like it would stick to a person, they are good tobacco leaves that side.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  4. vaa   kun-ippí-tti   imxathakkêem   ikpíhan   p-eheerah-áaxvaha  
    so   3pl(>3s)-say-DUR   bad-smelling   strong   the-tobacco-pitch  
    They say: "It stinks, it is strong, the tobacco gum."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text
  5. naa   vúra   ikpíhan  
    1sg.   Intensive   strong  
    I am strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  6. íim   káru   ikpíhan  
    2sg.   also   strong  
    You are strong, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  7. manâa   vaa   pa-'ávansa   vúra   vaa   puxích   mít   vúra   itíhaan   vúra   ikpíhan  
    maybe   that   the-man   Intensive   that   very.much   near.past   Intensive   always   Intensive   strong  
    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  8. itíhaan   vúra   vaa   ikpíhan   káru   xás   vúra   vaa   p-oo-'if   vúra   vaa   itíhaan   vúra   ikpíhan  
    strong   Intensive   that   strong   also   then   Intensive   that   NOMZ-3s(>3)-grow   Intensive   that   strong   Intensive   strong  
    He is always strong, and when he grew up he was just always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  9. íp   p-oo-'íf   xás   vúra   vaa   ikpíhan  
    PAST   NOMZ-3s(>3)-grow   then   Intensive   that   strong  
    Growing up he was strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  10. xás   vúra   itíhaan   vúra   vaa   ikpíhan  
    then   Intensive   strong   Intensive   that   strong  
    He was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  11. itíhaan   vúra   vaa   ikpíhan  
    strong   Intensive   that   strong  
    He was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. kári   xás   p-eekpihan-tâapas   ta'ítam   u-vâaram-aheen  
    then   then   the-strong-most   so   3s(>3)-go-ANT  
    So then the strongest one went off (to play).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  13. ta'ítam   u-xús-anik   p-eekpihan-tâapas   tîi   xákaan   -vuunv-i  
    so   3s(>3)-think-ANC   the-strong-most   let...   with.(one.person)   1pl(>3)-wrestle-IMPER  
    So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  14. vaa   uum   pa-paaxkív-tih-an   uum   p-eekpihan-'íshiip   káru   p-eeshnanich-'íshiip  
    so   3.SG   NOMZ-win.(game)-DUR-Participial   3.SG   the-strong-most   also   the-light-most  
    The winners were the strongest and the swiftest.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text