Ararahih'urípih
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ífunih / ifuniha- hair

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1500 | revised Oct 31 2014

ífunih / ifuniha- N • hair

Literally: 'growing down'

Derivation if-unih-a
grow-down-DEVERB

Derivatives (2)
ifunihataxishxíshar "hairbrush"
ifuniheehyákurih "hairpin"

Source: WB 400.7, p.335; Shivshaneen, 1996, (2.2); JPH mat 07:284L

Note: Equiv. to ir(a).

  • yáxa páy ifunihaxára paniníxuunak. Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup! [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 030]


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  1. xas    yítha    pamuxuunak    ífuni    umah   
    then    one    in.the.his.acorn.mush    hair    he.saw.it   
    Then one of the boys found a hair in his mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. xas    upíip    "pihnîich    ifunihaxarah'íshara    pami'ífunih   
    then    he.said    old.man    extremely.long.hair    the.your.hair   
    And he said, "Old man! What long hair you have!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. mi'ífunih    ipxátihi   
    your.hair    comb.it!   
    Comb your hair.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about morning activities (LA-03) | read full text
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  4. taahkúnish    pamu'ífunih   
    white    her.hair   
    Her hair is white.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  5. Vina    mu'ífuni    uum    taahkúnish   
    Vina    her.hair    3.SG    white   
    Vina has white hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  6. panani'ífunih    tóo    fiipha   
    my.hair    it.has    be.all.gone   
    My hair is gone.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  7. mu'ífunih    káru    uum    ipshûunkinich   
    her.hair    also    3.SG    low   
    Her hair is short.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  8. ipshûunkinach    pamu'ífunih   
    low    her.hair   
    She has short hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  9. vâaram    pamu'ífunih   
    long    her.hair   
    She has long hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  10. ipshûunkinach    pamu'ífunih   
    low    her.hair   
    She has short hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  11. púfaat    mu'ífunih   
    nothing    her.hair   
    She has no hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  12. puptaxátiihtihara    pami'ífunih   
    you.did.not.comb.your.hair    your.hair   
    You didn't comb your hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  13. vúra    puyávhara    panani'ífunih   
    Intensive    no.good    my.hair   
    My hair is not good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  14. vúra    úum    táay    pamu'ífunih    papúsihich   
    Intensive    3.SG    much    her.hair    the.cat   
    The cat has lots of hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  15. papúsihich    úum    púfaat    pamu'ífunih    payêem   
    the.cat    3.SG    nothing    her.hair    now   
    The cat doesn't have any hair now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  16. yáxa    páy    ifunihaxára    paniníxuunak   
    look!    this    long.hair    in.my.acorn.soup   
    Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  17. xás    pa'ávansa    uthyúruripaa    pa'ífuni    pamu'ásipak   
    then    the.man    he.pulled.it.out    the.hair    from.his.basket   
    And the man pulled the hair from his basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  18. xás    upiip    hôoy    páy    tu'aramsîip    pa'ifunihaxára   
    then    he.said    where    this    it.had.come.from.there    the.long.hair   
    And he said, "Where did this long hair come from?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  19. káruma    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 text
  20. páy    uum    pumi'ífunihara   
    this    3.SG    not.your.hair   
    This isn't your hair."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  21. xás    kunpiip    nuu    vaa    nanu'ífunih   
    then    they.said    we    that    our.hair   
    And they said, "It's our hair.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  22. víri    pamu'ífuni    fúrax    kích    utávahitih   
    so    his.hair    woodpecker.head    only    it.was.decorated   
    His hair was decorated on the ends with nothing but woodpecker heads.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  23. víri    pakunpûusur    fúrax    kích    utávahiti    pamu'ifunih'ípan   
    so    when.they.took.it.off    woodpecker.head    only    it.was.decorated    the.ends.of.its.hair   
    When they took it off, the ends of (the dog's) hair were decorated with nothing but woodpecker scalps.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  24. púyava    vúra    vaa    uthiináti    papáthraam    xás    kôokinay    vúra    u'ápiv    akâay    áta    mu'ífunih   
    you.see    Intensive    so    he.had.it    the.hair-club    then    everywhere    Intensive    he.looked.for.her    who    maybe    her.hair   
    So he kept the hair-club, and he looked for her everywhere, (he wondered) whose hair it was.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  25. kári    xás    upíip    yánava    púfaat    mu'ífunih    ápap    pamuxváah   
    then    then    he.said    visible    nothing    her.hair    one.side    her.head   
    And he said, "I see you have no hair on one side of your head."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  26. kári    xás    upéer    páy    húm    mi'ífunih   
    then    then    he.told.her    this    or    your.hair   
    And he said, "Is this your hair?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  27. xás    panunu'ífunih    vúra    xávish    mûuk    nupákootih    kíri    vâaramas    u'if    panunu'ífunih   
    then    our.hair    Intensive    mock.orange    with.(by.means.of)    we.were.whipping.our.hair    I.wish    long    it.grows    our.hair   
    And we whipped our hair with syringa, (thinking), "Let our hair grow long!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  28. ifunihaxárahsas   
    long.hair   
    She is long-haired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text