Ararahih'urípih
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yáan'iiftihan young person, esp. a young man

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7025 | revised Feb 11 2016

yáan'iiftihan • N • young person, esp. a young man

Literally: 'one who is just growing'

Derivation:  yaan if-ti-han
recently grow-DUR-PTCL

Source: WB 1655.1, p.400

  • naa vúra koo yáv pa'akâayva kumayáan'iiftihan. I'm as good as any young man. [Reference: WB T22.8]
  • kári xás vúra uum taay yáan'iiftihan pa'afíshnihanichas xás takunthárufvunaa. And lots of unmarried young men peeled the sticks. [Reference: WB T79.4]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. pi'êep   pa-ni-yáan'iiftihan-haak   pa-'ôok   káruk   vee-thívthaaneen   pishîich   ni-'úum-haak   pa-panámniik   pishîich   ni-'úum-haak   naa   vúra   xakitrahyar   káru   yítha   hárinay   kích   tá   ní-krii  
    long.ago   NOMZ-1s(>3)-young.person-when   NOMZ-here   upriver   3sPOSS-land   first   1s(>3)-arrive-when   NOMZ-Orleans   first   1s(>3)-arrive-when   1sg.   Intensive   twenty   also   one   year   only   PERF   1s(>3)-live  
    Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  2. áxak   mu-yáan'iiftihan-sa  
    two   3sPOSS-young.person-PL  
    He had two sons (lit., young people).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  3. xás   áxak   ifápiit-sha   kun-piip   chími   nu-músan-v-i   pa-yáan'iiftihan-sa  
    then   two   young.unmarried.woman-PL   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   1pl(>3)-go.see-PL.ACT-IMPER   the-young.person-PL  
    And two young women said, "Let's go see the young men."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  4. xás   pa-yáan'iiftihan-sa   tá   kun-ívyiihma   káru   pa-'asiktávaan-sas  
    then   the-young.person-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.to.(pl.)   also   the-woman-PL  
    And the young men and the women arrived.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  5. ayu'âach   pa-'asiktávaan   uum   yáan'iiftihan-sa  
    it.was.because   the-woman   3.SG   young.person-PL  
    It's because the women are young."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  6. naa   vúra   kóo   yáv   pa-'akâayva   kuma-yáan'iiftihan  
    1sg.   Intensive   as.much.as   good   the-anyone   3sPOSS-young.person  
    "I'm just as good as any young man."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  7. 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

  8. 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