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yeeripáxvuh adolescent girl ; daughter
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lexicon ID #7067 | revised Feb 11 2016
yeeripáxvuh • N • adolescent girl ; daughter
Derivation: | yêerip axvuh |
yêerip fuzz |
Derivative (1)
yeenipaxvúhich "little (i.e. pre-adolescent) girl"
Source: WB 1674, p.400
Note: The diminutive form is yeenipaxvúhich 'little girl'.
- káan pihnêefich úkrii, muyeeripáxvuh xákaan kun'iin, muhrôoha támit u'ívat. Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 001]
- takunpichakúvaan payeeripáxvuhsa. They felt proud, those girls. [Reference: TK 73.3]
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xas muyiimúsich káru ník u'áraarahiti áxak yeeripáxvuhsa kaan kun'iin then a.little.ways.off also a.little he.was.living two daughters there they.live And (others) lived close by. Two girls lived there. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textkári xas payeeripáxvuhsa kin'ipêer then then the.daughters they.told.them Well, then, people told the girls, Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textkáruma tuyêeripha payêeripaxvuh in.fact she.is.menstruating the.girl Now that girl is going through puberty." Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textpeethríhar káru kunpathraamvútiihva payeeripáxvuuhsa ithasúpaa kunpathraamvútiihva káru káakum uumkun kuntávtiihva yúpin the.flower also they.[each].have.their.hair.wrapped the.adolescent.girls all.day they.[each].have.their.hair.wrapped also some they they.are.wearing.visors forehead Flowers also girls wore as their hair-club wrapping, wearing them as wrapping all day, and some of them wore a vizor on the forehead. Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full texttá kunpichakúvaan payeeripáxvuuhsa PERF they.are.proud the.girls They felt proud, those girls. Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full textkári xás upiip yítha hûut upítih payeeripáxvuh iinâak ukpêehvutih then then he.says one how she.is.saying the.adolescent.girl indoors she.is.shouting Then one said, "What is the girl saying? She's shouting inside." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full texttóo hmaachichva payeeripáxvuh he.was bother the.adolescent.girl He was fooling around with the girl. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textvúra tutápkuup payeeripáxvuh Intensive he.liked the.adolescent.girl He just liked the girl. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textpayeeripáxvuh úhmaachichva the.adolescent.girl he.fools.around.with.her He fooled around with the girl. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textkáan pihnêefich úkrii muyeeripáxvu xákaan kun'iin muhrôoha támit u'ívat there coyote he.lives his.daughter both they.lived his.wife already.in.the.past she.died Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textxás payeeripáxvu tóo kêechha xás yâamach tu'íifship then the.daughter she be.big then pretty she.grew.up And the girl got big, and she grew up pretty. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textxás papihnîich úpeenvunaa payeeripáxvuhsas chími kiikpiruvôonishuki then the.old.man he.told.them the.girls soon you.guys.crawl.out.again! And the old man told the girls, "Crawl out again!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textkáru payeeripáxvuhsas avansáxiichas asuuxáras also the.girls little.boys fasts And the girls and little boys were fasting. Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full textyeeripáxvu uhyárih úksuupkuti ípaha káan u'íihya adolescent.girl she.is.standing she.is.pointing.at.it tree there it.is.standing A girl is standing, she is pointing at a tree, it is standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpayeeripáxvu vaa vúra káan uhyárih the.adolescent.girl so Intensive there she.is.standing The girl is standing there like that. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpayeeripáxvu vaa vúra káan uhyárih the.adolescent.girl so Intensive there she.is.standing The girl is standing there like that. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpayôok yurástiim kunifyúkiichvutih pa'ávansa káru payeeripáxvuh right.here seashore they.are.taking.a.walk the.man also the.adolescent.girl Here the man and the girl are taking a walk on the seashore. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text