Ararahih'urípih
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yêepsha good (plural)

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lexicon ID #7066 | revised Feb 09 2016

yêepsha • ADJ • good (plural) Variant: yêepshas.

Derivation:  yav ip-sa
good ip-PL

Derivative (1)
ifyayêepsha "such good ones"

Source: WB 1665, p.400

  • payêepsha kuma'áraaras xás káan kunifyúkutih. The best kind of people then go around there. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 112]
  • yêepsha uumkun. They are good people. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 346]

Sentence examples (7)

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  1. ipansúnukich    vaa    káan    payêepsha    ikpíhan    peehêeraha    kunish    ár    u'iftakankôoti    vaa    peheerahayêepsha    káanvári   
    toward.the.top    so    there    the.good.ones    strong    the.tobacco    sort.of    person    it.is.sticking.to.it    so    the.good.tobacco    toward.there   
    Toward the top they are good leaves, it is strong tobacco, like it would stick to a person, they are good tobacco leaves that side.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  2. áfivarih    uum    pu'ifyayêepshahara    peehêeraha    úmvaayti    káru    vúra    pathríha    mûuk    pathríha    mûuk    káru    vúra    úmvaayti   
    toward.base    3.SG    they.are.not.good.ones    the.tobacco    it.is.wilted    also    Intensive    rain    with.(by.means.of)    rain    with.(by.means.of)    also    Intensive    it.is.wilted   
    Toward the base the tobacco leaves are not so good, they are wilted, they are wilted with the sunshine and also with the rain, with the rain also they are wilted.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  3. imustihayêepsha    káru    akúnvaansa   
    good-looking.ones    also    hunters   
    They were good-looking and (good) hunters.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  4. pakúnish    itharípriik    vaa    uum    káan    saripyêepshas   
    where.sort.of    fir.forest    so    3.SG    there    good.hazel.twigs   
    The best hazel twigs are those where it is sort of a fir forest.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  5. vaa    kumá'ii    payêepshas    pasárip    itharípriik    aayâach    vaa    uum    vâaramsas    káru    xúnutich   
    so    because.of    the.good.ones    the.hazel.twigs    fir.forest    it.was.because    so    3.SG    long.ones    also    flexible.(dimin.)   
    The hazel twigs are good in the fir forest for this reason, it is because they are long and flexible.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  6. xás    pamukunyafusayêepsha    vúra    uum    yâamach    ukyâahahitih   
    then    their.good.dress    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    it.was.made   
    And their good dresses were made pretty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text