Ararahih'urípih
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yáfus / yafusa- woman's dress

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lexicon ID #7028 | revised Feb 11 2016

yáfus / yafusa- • N • woman's dress

Derivation:  yáfus-a
wear.dress-DEVERB

Derivatives (4)
axyusyáfus "pine-nut dress"
furaxyáfus "red satin dress"
sirikayáfus "silk"
surukamyáfus "woman's underwear, slip, underskirt of a woman's dress"

Source: WB 1650.2, p.399; TK 6.6; JPH mat 07:420

  • xás pamukunyafusayêepsha vúra uum yâamach ukyâahahiti. And their good dresses were made pretty. [Reference: WB T86.5]
  • yuxtháran, vaa páy kôok kumayuxtháran payáfusak ukrixavkôohiti. Abalone pendants of the kind that are hung on women's dresses. [Reference: TK xxxi.34]

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  1. váa    ta    ifuchtîimich    váa    tápaan    uxraam    pamúkiit    muyáfus   
    that    PERF    last.one    that    must(?)    he.bet.it    his.grandmother    her.dress   
    Then at last he even bet his grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  2. táay    nik    tá    kunchífich    vúra    pu'ixraratihara    váa    xás    u'ívur    pamúkiit    muyáfus   
    much    a.little    PERF    they.won    Intensive    he.didn't.cry    that    then    he.cried.for    his.grandmother    her.dress   
    They had won lots of things from him but he never cried, all he cried for was his grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  3. víri    váa    vúra    payváhiim    kári    u'ívunti    pakunpáxeepanik    pamúkiit    muyáfus   
    so    so    Intensive    nowadays    then    he.is.crying    they.won.it.from.him    his.grandmother    her.dress   
    He is crying for it now yet, because they won it from him, grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  4. kóova    uthvuyxâahanik    pamuyáfus   
    so    she.felt.sad.long.ago    her.dress   
    She felt so sad about her dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  5. pamuyáfus    á'    tóo    stakúraan   
    her.dress    above    it.had    become.ripped.up   
    Her dress was ripped up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  6. víri    vaa    kunkupitih    pathakan'ávak    tá    kunthataktakúraan    pamukunyáfus    pamukunyupastáran    mûuk    pakun'ívunti    kahyuras'afishríhan   
    so    so    they.were.doing.it    above.the.knee    PERF    they.were.tattered    their.dresses    their.tears    with.(by.means.of)    that.they.were.crying.for.him    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man   
    They did this, their dresses were all tattered up above the knees from the tears that they were weeping for Klamath Lakes Young Man.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  7. káru    taay    ík    vúra    yáfus    ikyâavish   
    also    much    must    Intensive    dress    you.will.make.it   
    And you must make many dresses.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  8. ta'ítam    uum    káru    uvíkaheen    káru    úkyav    payáfus   
    so    3.SG    also    she.wove    also    she.made.them    the.dresses   
    So she too wove and made the dresses.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  9. kári    xás    hâari    vúra    piríshriik    patá    kun'áhoo    pamukunyáfus    tutatitítit   
    then    then    sometime    Intensive    brushy.place    where    they.traveled    their.dresses    it.had.become.tattered   
    And sometimes it was a brushy place where they traveled, their dresses got torn.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  10. ararayáfus    uum    vúra    táfirapu    ukyâarahitih   
    Indian.dress    3.SG    Intensive    buckskin    it.was.made.with   
    The Indian dress was made of buckskin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text

  11. payáfus    uum    vúra    yítha    vúra    pufíchmaan   
    the.dress    3.SG    Intensive    one    Intensive    deer.skin   
    The dress was just one deerskin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text

  12. 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

  13. mukunyáfus    puvâaramasahara   
    their.dress    not.long   
    Their dresses were not long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text