Ararahih'urípih
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íifship / íifshipriv (plant) to grow, (person) to grow up, to be raised

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1640 | revised Oct 31 2014

íifship / íifshipriv • V • (plant) to grow, (person) to grow up, to be raised

Derivation:  if-sip
grow-up

Derivatives (3)
ifshíiprin "to grow up (plural action)"
ifshipfípaan "man's name"
yáv'iifship "well-raised"

Source: WB 400.5, p.335

  • káruma uum vúra vaa ukupa'iifshípreehanik The fact is he had been raised that way. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 006]
  • yítha áachip vúra poo'íifshiprivti. One thing grows up in the middle. [Reference: TK 57.25]

Sentence examples (12)

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  1. xás    payeeripáxvu    tóo    kêechha    xás    yâamach    tu'íifship   
    then    the.daughter    she    be.big    then    pretty    she.grew.up   
    And the girl got big, and she grew up pretty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  2. vaa    vúra    ukupa'iifshípreenik    pakâanimich    u'iifshípreenik   
    so    Intensive    she.had.been.raised.that.way    since.poor    she.had.been.raised   
    She had grown up that way, since she had grown up poor.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  3. kunmáahti    peekxaréeyav    tu'íifship   
    they.were.seeing    where.a.spirit    he.had.grown.up   
    They would see where a spirit had grown up (i.e., was living).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  4. kúkuum    fátaak    tá    kunmáh    ikxaréeyav    tu'íifship   
    again    somewhere    PERF    they.saw    spirit.person    he.had.grown.up   
    Again somewhere they would see that a spirit had grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. yánava    ikxaréeyav    tu'íifship   
    visible    spirit.person    he.had.grown.up   
    They saw a spirit had grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  6. víri    kôokaninay    ni'aapúnmuti    peekxaréeyav    tu'íifship   
    so    everywhere    I.know.it    where.a.spirit    he.had.grown.up   
    I know everyplace that a spirit has grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  7. muchíshii    vúra    xákaan    kun'íifship   
    his.dog    Intensive    both    they.grew.up   
    He and his dog grew up together.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  8. yukún    vaa    xákaan    u'iifshípreenik    pamutákasar   
    you.see    that    with.(one.person)    he.had.grown.up    his.shinny-tossel   
    You see, he had grown up with that tossel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  9. yukún    uum    ikxareeyaatâapas    u'iifshípreenik    iknûumin veekxaréeyav   
    you.see    3.SG    real.spirit.person    he.had.grown.up    Burrill.Peak.spirit   
    You see, Burrill Peak Spirit had grown up into a real ikxaréeyav.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  10. itáharavan    kun'íifshipreenik    tipahêeras   
    ten.(animate)    they.grew.up    brothers   
    Ten brothers once grew up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  11. 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