Ararahih'urípih
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if true

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1456 | revised Nov 07 2014

if • ADJ • true

Derivative (1)
ifuyâach "that's right; really true"

Source: WB 408, p.335

  • púvaa ífhara. That's not true. [Reference: TK 216.2]

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  1. xás    upíti    vúra    if    koovúra    vaa    umúsahiti    ôok    pananú'uup    panini'ávan    mukrívraam   
    then    she.is.saying    Intensive    true    all    that    it.looks.like    here    our.things    my.husband    his.house   
    And she said, "It's true, everything looks like our things here, in my husband's house."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  2. pamutúnviiv    úpeenvunaa    tu'ifuyâachha   
    her.children    she.told.them    it.is.really.true   
    She told her children, "It's really true.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  3. xás    pa'avansáxiich    u'aapúnma    vúra    if   
    then    the.boy    he.knew    Intensive    true   
    And the boy knew it was true.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    upiip    ifuyâach    húm    patanakoohímachva   
    then    then    he.said    that's.right    or    that.you.feel.sorry.for.me   
    And he said, "Is it true that you grieve for me?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    upiip    pa'ífhaak    víri    chími    nupêen    péekupheesh   
    then    then    he.said    if.true    so    soon    let.me.tell.you    how.you.will.do   
    And he said, "If it is true, let me tell you what to do.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  6. hínu páy    vúra    if   
    surprise    Intensive    true   
    Sure enough, it was true.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  7. íi    kári    xás    kunxus    púya    íf    puxích    too    kúha    kíri    xuus    kun'uum   
    oh!    then    then    they.thought    and.so    true    very.much    she.has    be.sick    I.wish    thought    they.go.to.it   
    And they were thinking that she's really sick, that she needs to get doctored.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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