Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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imfip- to gather, to assemble

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2419 | revised Nov 17 2014

imfip- • V • to gather, to assemble

Derivatives (5)
imfíipshur "to come off (of a surface, as paint); to fade"
imfípish "to come together, to gather"
imfipishniháyaachha "to assemble from all over"
imfipishniháyavha "to assemble from all over"
imfípivrath "to gather in a sweathouse"

Source: WB 574, p.344

Note: Bound stem, occurring only with directional suffixes.

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. púyava    tá    kunimfipíshriihva    paxus'úmaansa   
    you.see    PERF    they.assembled    the.doctors   
    So the 'doctors' assembled.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  2. panamníhmaam    koovúra    tá    kunimfipíshriihva    peekxariya'ifápiitshas   
    behind.Orleans    all    PERF    they.gathered.together    the.spirit.girls   
    All the spirit girls gathered back of Orleans.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  3. tá    kunimfipíshriihva    panamníhmaam   
    PERF    they.gathered.together    behind.Orleans   
    They gathered back of Orleans.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  4. víri    peekxaréeyav    tá    kunimfipishniháyavha   
    so    the.spirits    PERF    they.assembled.from.all.over   
    The spirits gathered together.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  5. xás    páyuux    koovúra    tóo    mfiipshur    xás    kári    tá    kunkôoha   
    then    the.sand    all    it.had    come.off    then    then    PERF    they.stopped   
    And all the sand came off, and then they stopped.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text