Ararahih'urípih
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yáan'iiftihan young person, esp. a young man

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7025 | revised Feb 11 2016

yáan'iiftihan • N • young person, esp. a young man

Literally: 'one who is just growing'

Derivation:  yaan if-ti-han
recently grow-DUR-PTCL

Source: WB 1655.1, p.400

  • naa vúra koo yáv pa'akâayva kumayáan'iiftihan. I'm as good as any young man. [Reference: WB T22.8]
  • kári xás vúra uum taay yáan'iiftihan pa'afíshnihanichas xás takunthárufvunaa. And lots of unmarried young men peeled the sticks. [Reference: WB T79.4]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. pi'êep    paniyáan'iiftihanhaak    pa'ôok    káruk    veethívthaaneen    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    papanámniik    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    naa    vúra    xakitrahyar    káru    yítha    hárinay    kích    tá    níkrii   
    long.ago    when.I.was.a.young.man    when.here    upriver    its.country    first    I.arrived    when.Orleans    first    I.arrived    1sg.    Intensive    twenty    also    one    year    only    PERF    I.stay   
    Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  2. áxak    muyáan'iiftihansa   
    two    his.young.men   
    He had two sons (lit., young people).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  3. xás    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 text

  4. xás    payáan'iiftihansa    tá    kunívyiihma    káru    pa'asiktávaansas   
    then    the.young.men    PERF    They.arrive    also    the.women   
    And the young men and the women arrived.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  5. ayu'âach    pa'asiktávaan    uum    yáan'iiftihansa   
    it.was.because    the.women    3.SG    young   
    It's because the women are young."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  6. naa    vúra    kóo    yáv    pa'akâayva    kumayáan'iiftihan   
    1sg.    Intensive    as.much.as    good    the.anyone    any.young.man   
    "I'm just as good as any young man."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  7. káan    yáan'iiftihansa    kun'áraarahiti    tipahêeras   
    there    young.men    they.were.living    brothers   
    Young men were living there, brothers.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    vúra    uum    táay    yáan'iiftihan    pa'afíshnihanichas    tá    kunthárufvunaa   
    then    then    Intensive    3.SG    much    young.person    the.young.men    PERF    they.peeled.sticks   
    And lots of young unmarried men peeled the sticks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text