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ifápiit young unmarried woman
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lexicon ID #1459 | revised Mar 31 2014
ifápiit • N • young unmarried woman
Literally: 'new-grown (?)'
Derivation: | if píit |
grow new |
Derivative (1)
ifapitkéevriik "old maid"
Source: WB 401, p.335
Note: The plural is ifápiitsha(s) (TK 1.86, 67.19); the diminutive is ifápiitich, pl. ifápiitichas.
- ... ifapityâamachas... they are nice-looking girls. [Reference: JL]
- víri vaa vúra kunipíti axyaráva patíshraam pa'ifápiitsha. People say that those flats are full of young women. [Reference: TK 67.19]
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vaa uum ifápiitich îin natâatripaavish so 3.SG young.woman TOPIC she.will.hook.me.out.of.the.water Then a young girl can hook me out. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textxás áxak ifápiitichas sah'áhup kunturar astiip then two young.women driftwood they.went.to.gather.wood shore Then two girls went to the river to get driftwood." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textxás puráan kunpímuustih pa'ifápiitichas then each.other they.looked.at. the.young.women Then they looked at each other, those young girls did. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textyánava îinâak ifápiit úyruuvriv visible indoors young.unmarried.woman she.was.lying Behold inside he saw a maiden lying. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full textyánava yúruk ifápiitsha kuntákiriti astiip visible downriver young.women they.were.leaching.(acorn.meal) shore He saw young women leaching on the bank downriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás pa'ifápiit sáruk úuth utkáratih then then the.young.woman downhill out.to.water she.was.looking.into.the.water And the girl looked downhill into the river. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás yítha upíip pa'ifápiit ããx upiip ããx atafâat pihnêefich then then one she.said the.young.woman ugh! she.said ugh! maybe coyote Then one girl said, "Ugh!" she said, "ugh! maybe it's Coyote. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás tá kuntaxvukrípan pa'áhup pa'ifápiitichas then then PERF they.were.hooking.them.out the.wood the.young.women And the young girls were hooking out the wood. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textchíva koovúra kunímuutarahinaa pa'ifápiitichas soon.thusly all they.were.pregnant the.young.women Soon all the young girls were pregnant. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textxás yánava pa'ifápiitsha xákarari kun'íin poothivtapárahitihirak then visible the.girls on.both.sides they.sat where.there.was.a.war.dance And he saw the girls sitting on each side where people were war-dancing. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textkári xás úkmar áxak ifápiitshas then then he.met.them two girls And he met two young women. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textxás kári ifápiitsha kun'iin then then young.unmarried.women they.live And two young women lived there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textkári xás pa'ifápiitsha kunpiip chôora êev íshaha nuktávan then then the.young.unmarried.women they.say let's.go greeting.to.women water let.us.carry And the young women said (to each other), "Let's go, dear, let's go get water." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textkári xás upiip yítha pa'ifápiit ii! íf êev sishanayâamach tóo síinvar then then she.says one the.young.unmarried.woman oh! truly greeting.to.women pretty.one.having.a.penis he.has drown And one young woman said, "Alas, dear, sishanayâamach has really drowned! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textxás áxak ifápiitsha kunpiip chími numúsanvi payáan'iiftihansa then two young.women they.said soon let.us.go.see.them the.young.men And two young women said, "Let's go see the young men." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textxás kári kúkuum pa'ifápiitsha tá kunímnish then then again the.young.women PERF they.cooked And the young women cooked again. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textkáruma uum pa'ifápiit áxak pamu'ífuni upaathrámni papátaravak in.fact 3.SG the.young.woman two her.hair she.threw.it.into.it in.the.soup.basket The fact was, the young women had thrown two of their hairs into the soup-baskets. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textxás kári pa'ifápiit kun'iruvôonishuk then then the.young.women they.crawled.out Then the young women crawled out. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textvúra yâamach mu'ifápiit Intensive pretty his.daughter His daughter was pretty. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textxás pa'ifápiit kôothkam utkáratih then the.young.woman there.across-river.and.upriver he.was.looking.across-river And he saw the girl upriver across-stream. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textimtarásuun pa'ifápiit bastard the.young.woman The girl is a bastard. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textimáan upíkpuuhkar pa'ifápiit tomorrow she.swam.across-river.again the.young.woman The next day the girl swam across again. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textpa'ifápiit mukrívraam kúuk u'uum the.young.woman her.house to.there he.arrived They got to the girl's house. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textayu'âach pa'ifápiit tée p xákaan kunikvéeshrihat it.was.because the.young.woman PERF PAST both they.spent.the.night It is because he spent the night with the girl. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textpanamníhmaam 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 textvíri kôokinay kahyúras tá kun'aramsípriin peekxariya'ifápiitshas so everywhere Klamath.Lakes PERF they.came.from the.spirit.girls They came from Klamath Lakes and everywhere, the spirit girls. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textvíri pootúraayva púra fátaak vúra yâahitihara pakun'ûupvunaatih peekxariya'ifápiitsha so when.she.looked.around nowhere Intensive she.didn't.fit.in where.they.were.digging.roots the.spirit.girls When she looked around, she couldn't fit in anyplace where the spirit girls were digging roots. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textvíri peekxariya'ifápiitsha tá kunpiip íf uxútih nitâatrupraveesh so the.spirit.girls PERF they.said truly she.thinks I.will.dig.it.out The spirit girls said, "She really thinks she's going to dig up something!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textvíri chavúra tapipshítaani kári xás kunpiip peekxariya'ifápiitshas yáxa hûut upítih so finally after.a.while then then they.said the.spirit.girls look! how she.is.saying Finally after a while the spirit girls said, "Look, what is she saying?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textkári xás vaa kunkúupha peekxariya'ifápiitsha then then so they.did the.spirit.girls Then the spirit girls did this. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textpootúraayva yánava koovúra tá púfaat peekxariya'ifápiitsha when.she.looked.around visible all PERF nothing the.spirit.girls When (the poor one) looked around, she saw they were all gone, the spirit girls. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textôok kun'ífanik ithivthanéen'aachip áxak ikxareeyav'ifápiitichas here they.grew.up center.of.world two spirit.girls Two spirit girls grew up here at the middle of the world. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textaxmáy kunithvíripvarak peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas suddenly they.ran.down.from.upriver the.spirit.girls Suddenly the spirit girls ran down from upriver. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textaxmáy yúruk kunithvíripraa peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas suddenly downriver they.ran.up.from.downriver the.spirit.girls Suddenly the spirit girls ran up from downriver. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textteepshítaanivanihich axmáy kuníthyiimfuruk peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas after.a.while suddenly they.fell.inside the.spirit.girls In a little while, suddenly the spirit girls fell into the house. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textvíri kún pakéevniikich úkrii káru patapriha'ifápiit so meaning.unknown the.old.woman she.lived also patapríhak.young.woman There lived the old woman, and the young woman of patapríhak. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás uchuphuníshkoo pa'ifápiit then he.talked.to.her the.young.woman Then he talked to the young woman. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás uxus tîi ithyáruk kanpimúsan pa'ifápiit then he.thought let... across let.me.go.to.see.her.again! the.young.woman He thought, "Let me go across to see the girl again!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textyee víri kún káan xás kun'iin pakéevniikich káru pa'ifápiit well so meaning.unknown there then they.were the.old.woman also the.young.woman Well, there they were, the old woman and the girl. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textpatapriha'ifápiit káan xás úkrii patapríhak.young.woman there then she.was The patapríhak girl was there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textkáan tóo mah patapriha'ifápiit there she.had see patapríhak.young.woman The patapríhak girl saw him there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvíri kún mumâam áxak ifápiitsha kunirúfak so meaning.unknown uphill.from.him two young.women they.came.down.from.uphill There uphill from him two young women came down. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás uxus tîi ithyáruk patapríha'ifápiit kanimúsan then he.thought let... across patapríhak.young.woman let.me.go.to.see.her! And he thought, "Let me go across river to see the patapríhak girl!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás pootfúnukva umah káan úkrii pa'ifápiit then when.he.looked.inside he.saw.her there she.was the.young.woman And when he looked inside, he saw her, the girl was there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textxás póomuustih pakéevniikich vúra tupíkshar káru pa'ifápiit vúra tupíkshar then as.he.was.looking.at.them the.old.woman Intensive she.had.melted also the.young.woman Intensive she.had.melted And as he watched, the old woman just melted, and the girl just melted. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textpa'ifápiitsha sárip tá kunishtúkanva the.young.women hazel.twigs PERF they.went.to.pick.them The young women went gathering hazel sticks. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full textxás kári tá kunpavyíhuk pa'ifápiitsha then then PERF they.came.back the.young.women And the young women would come home. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text