Ararahih'urípih
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afishríhan young man, especially an unmarried one

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #143 | revised Sep 22 2014

afishríhan • N • young man, especially an unmarried one

Derivation:  af-ish-an
af-down-Participial

Derivatives (4)
afíshnihanich "young man (dimin.)"
afishnihanpihnîich "bachelor"
afishrihanxára "man's name"
kahyuras'afishríhan "Klamath Lakes Young Man (name of a spirit person)"

Source: WB 22, p.314

Note: Shd be afíshrihan? The dimin. is afíshnihanich.

  • i'aapúnmutihum hôoy póokrii yuuvêen mu'afíshrihan. Do you know where Yuuveen's son lives? [Reference: KT 143.29]
  • pimnanihtanákaanich uum afishnihánichhanik. Mourning Dove was a young man. [Reference: KT 147.41]

Sentence examples (14)

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  1. pimnanihtanákaanich    uum    afíshnihanichhanik   
    mourning.dove    3.SG    young.man.long.ago   
    Mourning dove was a young man.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  2. xás    pu'ifmâarasahara    vúra    afishríhansa   
    then    not.married.men    Intensive    unmarried.young.men   
    And they weren't married men, they were unmarried.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  3. ararayaas'ára    mu'afishríhan   
    rich.man    his.son   
    He was a rich man's son.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    uxúsaanik    kahyuras'afishríhan   
    then    then    he.thought    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man   
    Then Klamath Lakes Young Man thought (about it).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  5. xás    kunipêer    chími    vôonfuruki    iim    kahyuras'afishríhan   
    then    they.told.him    soon    enter.the.house!    2sg.    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man   
    They told him, "Come in, you Klamath Lakes Young Man!
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  6. víri    vaa    kunkupitih    pathakan'ávak    tá    kunthataktakúraan    pamukunyáfus    pamukunyupastáran    mûuk    pakun'ívunti    kahyuras'afishríhan   
    so    so    they.were.doing.it    above.the.knee    PERF    they.were.tattered    their.dresses    their.tears    with.(by.means.of)    that.they.were.crying.for.him    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. kári    xás    uxús    kahyuras'afishríhan    hûut    áta    ník    níniishvunaa   
    then    then    he.thought    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man    how    maybe    a.little    I.do.with.them   
    And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "How ever shall I do with them?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    uxúsaanik    kahyuras'afishríhan    yaas'ára    nanipírish    tu'aapúnmahaak    yaas'ára    káru    vúra    vaa    ukupheesh   
    then    then    he.thought    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man    rich.person    my.medicine    if.they.know.it    rich.person    also    Intensive    so    they.will.do.it   
    And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "If Mankind knows my medicine, Mankind will do this way also."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  9. uum    vúra    káan    u'iifshípreenik    afíshnihanich    itúkuk   
    3.SG    Intensive    there    he.grew.up    young.man.(dimin.)    placename   
    A young man lived there at itúkuk (in Yurok territory, opposite Weitchpec).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  10. uum    vúra    itíhaan    kumamáh'iit    tóo    kvátar    itukuk'afishríhan   
    3.SG    Intensive    always    its.morning    he.had    go.get.sweathouse.wood    itúkuk.young.man   
    The young man of itúkuk went gathering sweathouse wood every morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  11. úpviitkar    itukuk'afishríhan   
    he.rowed.back.across    itúkuk.young.man   
    The boy from itúkuk rowed back across.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  12. vaa    ukúphaanik    itukuk'afishríhan   
    so    he.did.it    itúkuk.young.man   
    The boy from itúkuk did that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  13. kári    xás    vúra    uum    táay    yáan'iiftihan    pa'afíshnihanichas    tá    kunthárufvunaa   
    then    then    Intensive    3.SG    much    young.person    the.young.men    PERF    they.peeled.sticks   
    And lots of young unmarried men peeled the sticks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

  14. xás    paafishríhansas    kunkúniihvunaa    taay    kuníxraamtih   
    then    the.young.men    they.shot    much    they.bet   
    And the young men shot arrows, they bet a lot.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text