Ararahih'urípih
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yáfus / yafusa- woman's dress

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lexicon ID #7028 | revised Feb 11 2016

yáfus / yafusa- • N • woman's dress

Derivation:  yáfus-a
wear.dress-DEVERB

Derivatives (4)
axyusyáfus "pine-nut dress"
furaxyáfus "red satin dress"
sirikayáfus "silk"
surukamyáfus "woman's underwear, slip, underskirt of a woman's dress"

Source: WB 1650.2, p.399; TK 6.6; JPH mat 07:420

  • xás pamukunyafusayêepsha vúra uum yâamach ukyâahahiti. And their good dresses were made pretty. [Reference: WB T86.5]
  • yuxtháran, vaa páy kôok kumayuxtháran payáfusak ukrixavkôohiti. Abalone pendants of the kind that are hung on women's dresses. [Reference: TK xxxi.34]

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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. táay   nik   tá   kun-chífich   vúra   pu-'ixrara-tih-ara   váa   xás   u-'ívur   pa-mú-kiit   mu-yáfus  
    much   a.little   PERF   3pl(>3s)-beat   Intensive   NEG-weep-DUR-NEG   that   then   3s(>3)-cry.for   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3sPOSS-dress  
    They had won lots of things from him but he never cried, all he cried for was 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

  3. víri   váa   vúra   payváhiim   kári   u-'ívun-ti   pa-kun-páxeep-anik   pa-mú-kiit   mu-yáfus  
    so   so   Intensive   nowadays   then   3s(>3)-cry.for-DUR   the-3pl(>3s)-win.from-ANC   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3sPOSS-dress  
    He is crying for it now yet, because they won it from him, grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  4. kóova   u-thvuyxâah-anik   pa-mu-yáfus  
    so   3s(>3)-care-ANC   the-3sPOSS-dress  
    She felt so sad about her dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  5. pa-mu-yáfus   á'   t-óo   stakúraan  
    the-3sPOSS-dress   above   PERF-3s(>3)   become.ripped.up  
    Her dress was ripped up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  6. víri   vaa   kun-kupi-tih   patha-kan-'ávak   tá   kun-thataktakúraan   pa-mukun-yáfus   pa-mukun-yupastáran   mûuk   pa-kun-'ívun-ti   kahyuras'afishríhan  
    so   so   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR   knee-Locative-above   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.tattered   the-3plPOSS-dress   the-3plPOSS-tear.(from.weeping)   with.(by.means.of)   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-cry.for-DUR   Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man  
    They did this, their dresses were all tattered up above the knees from the tears that they were weeping for Klamath Lakes Young Man.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  7. káru   taay   ík   vúra   yáfus   i-kyâa-vish  
    also   much   must   Intensive   dress   2s(>3)-make-FUT  
    And you must make many dresses.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  8. ta'ítam   uum   káru   u-vík-aheen   káru   ú-kyav   pa-yáfus  
    so   3.SG   also   3s(>3)-weave-ANT   also   3s(>3)-make   the-dress  
    So she too wove and made the dresses.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  9. kári   xás   hâari   vúra   pirísh-riik   pa-tá   kun-'áhoo   pa-mukun-yáfus   t-u-tatitítit  
    then   then   sometime   Intensive   plant-place   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-go   the-3plPOSS-dress   PERF-3s(>3)-be.tattered  
    And sometimes it was a brushy place where they traveled, their dresses got torn.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  10. arara-yáfus   uum   vúra   táfirapu   u-kyâar-ahi-tih  
    human-dress   3.SG   Intensive   buckskin   3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR  
    The Indian dress was made of buckskin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text

  11. pa-yáfus   uum   vúra   yítha   vúra   pufích-maan  
    the-dress   3.SG   Intensive   one   Intensive   deer-skin  
    The dress was just one deerskin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text

  12. xás   pa-mukun-yafusa-yêepsha   vúra   uum   yâamach   u-kyâah-ahi-tih  
    then   the-3plPOSS-dress-good.(pl.)   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   3s(>3)-make-ESS-DUR  
    And their good dresses were made pretty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text

  13. mukun-yáfus   pu-vâarama-sa-hara  
    3plPOSS-dress   NEG-long-PL-NEG  
    Their dresses were not long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text