Ararahih'urípih
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típah (variant tipahêer) brother, male cousin

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6081 | revised Nov 03 2015

típah • N • brother, male cousin

Variant tipahêer (lexicon ID #7598): Used in general plural tipahêeras

Derivative (1)
tipáhiichva "stepbrother"

Source: WB 1386, p.386

Note: The plural (without possessive prefixes) is tipahêeras, The possessed plural is, e.g., nanitipáhiivshas 'my brothers'.

  • víri vaa káan kun'ífanik, samnanaktíshraam, tipahêeras, chimuchtunvêech. So there they were raised, at Forks of Salmon Valley, ten brothers, young lizards. [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 003]
  • xás uxús pihnêefich, tîi kanpípaan pamutipáhiivsha, píith tákunsaam. Then Coyote thought, "Let me go tell his brothers," there were four left. [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 063]

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  1. pa-mi-típa   ipêen   ôok   naa  
    the-2sPOSS-brother   say.to   here   come  
    Go get your brother.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  2. mi-típa   ipêen   ôok   naa  
    2sPOSS-brother   say.to   here   come  
    Go get your brother.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  3. naa   ipshûunkinich   kúna   pa-nani-típa   uum   vâaram  
    1sg.   low   in.addition   the-1sPOSS-brother   3.SG   long  
    My brother is taller than me. (I'm short, but my brother is tall.)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  4. pa-nani-típah   vúra   uum   kâarim   u-pmahóonkoona-tih  
    the-1sPOSS-brother   Intensive   3.SG   bad   3s(>3)-feel-DUR  
    My brother is not feeling so good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about family (VS-41) | read full text
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  5. ta'ítam   tá   nu-p-imnîish   nani-típah   xákaan  
    so   PERF   1pl(>3)-ITER-cook   1sPOSS-brother   with.(one.person)  
    So we cooked, my brother and I.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. manâa   naa   mít   káru   nîinamich   itíhaan   áhup   nu-kyâa-ti   pa-nani-típa   xákaan   áhup   nú-kpaak-ti  
    maybe   1sg.   near.past   also   little   always   wood   1pl(>3)-go.gather-DUR   the-1sPOSS-brother   both   wood   1pl(>3)-chop-DUR  
    Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  7. íkiich   káru   vúra   mu-típa   káru   mu-xúkam   káru   vúra   akâay   vúra   pa-mu-'áraar  
    maybe   also   Intensive   3sPOSS-brother   also   3sPOSS-uncle.(maternal)   also   Intensive   who   Intensive   the-3sPOSS-relative  
    Maybe too it would be his brother or his uncle or any relative of his.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  8. xás   mu-típa   síit  
    then   3sPOSS-brother   mouse  
    And his brother was Mouse.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  9. itáharavan   kun-'íf-anik   tipahêer-as  
    ten.(animate)   3pl(>3s)-grow-ANC   brother-PL  
    Ten brothers grew up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  10. káan   yáan'iiftihan-sa   kun-'áraarahi-ti   tipahêer-as  
    there   young.person-PL   3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR   brother-PL  
    Young men were living there, brothers.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  11. itáharavan   kun-'íifshipree-nik   tipahêer-as  
    ten.(animate)   3pl(>3s)-grow.up-ANC   brother-PL  
    Ten brothers once grew up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  12. kári   xás   u-thítiv   y-óo   chrívchav   pá-'aas   pa-'úkraam   pa-kun-páathkuri   pa-mu-típah  
    then   then   3s(>3)-hear   visible-3s(>3)   splash   the-water   the-lake   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-throw.into   the-3sPOSS-brother  
    Then he heard it, he saw the water splash in the lake, when (the giant) threw his brother in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  13. ta'ítam   koovúra   kun-pimtáv-aheen   pa-mu-tipáh-iivshas  
    so   all   3pl(>3s)-revive-ANT   the-3sPOSS-brother-PLUR  
    And all his brothers came back to life.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  14. kári   xás   pa-'asiktávaan   pa-mu-tipáh-iivshas   kun-vîihirimku-tih  
    then   then   the-woman   the-3sPOSS-brother-PLUR   3pl(>3s)-hate-DUR  
    But the woman's brothers disliked (the man).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text