Ararahih'urípih
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ikpíhan strong

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1905 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikpíhan • ADJ • strong

Derivative (1)
ikpihánishich "stronger"

Source: WB 474, p.338; TK 9.19

Note: Cf. ikpíhansa (JPH "Grammar" 86).

  • avanseekpíhan a strong man [Reference: WB files]

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  1. pu'ikpíhanhara    pasahihêeraha    xáat    vaa    ár    uhêer   
    it.is.not.strong    the.downslope.tobacco    may    that    person    he.smokes.it   
    That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  2. tírihsha    pamupírish    ikpíhan    imxathakkêem   
    wide.ones    its.leaves    strong    bad-smelling   
    It has widish leaves, it is strong, it stinks.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  3. 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

  4. vaa    kunippítti    imxathakkêem    ikpíhan    peheeraháaxvaha   
    so    they.are.saying    bad-smelling    strong    the.tobacco.gum   
    They say: "It stinks, it is strong, the tobacco gum."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text

  5. naa    vúra    ikpíhan   
    1sg.    Intensive    strong   
    I am strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  6. íim    káru    ikpíhan   
    2sg.    also    strong   
    You are strong, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  7. manâa    vaa    pa'ávansa    vúra    vaa    puxích    mít    vúra    itíhaan    vúra    ikpíhan   
    maybe    that    the.man    Intensive    that    very.much    near.past    Intensive    always    Intensive    strong   
    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  8. itíhaan    vúra    vaa    ikpíhan    káru    xás    vúra    vaa    poo'if    vúra    vaa    itíhaan    vúra    ikpíhan   
    strong    Intensive    that    strong    also    then    Intensive    that    when.he.grew.up    Intensive    that    strong    Intensive    strong   
    He is always strong, and when he grew up he was just always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  9. íp    poo'íf    xás    vúra    vaa    ikpíhan   
    PAST    when.he.grew.up?    then    Intensive    that    strong   
    Growing up he was strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  10. xás    vúra    itíhaan    vúra    vaa    ikpíhan   
    then    Intensive    strong    Intensive    that    strong   
    He was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  11. itíhaan    vúra    vaa    ikpíhan   
    strong    Intensive    that    strong   
    He was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. kári    xás    peekpihantâapas    ta'ítam    uvâaramaheen   
    then    then    the.strongest    so    he.went.off   
    So then the strongest one went off (to play).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  13. ta'ítam    uxúsanik    peekpihantâapas    tîi    xákaan    núvuunvi   
    so    he.thought    the.strongest.one    let...    with.(one.person)    let.us.wrestle!   
    So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  14. vaa    uum    papaaxkívtihan    uum    peekpihan'íshiip    káru    peeshnanich'íshiip   
    so    3.SG    who.win    3.SG    the.strongest    also    the.swiftest   
    The winners were the strongest and the swiftest.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text