Ararahih'urípih
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yeeripáxvuh adolescent girl ; daughter

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. 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 text
  2. kári    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 text
  3. káruma    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 text
  4. peethríhar    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 text
  5.     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 text
  6. kári    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 text
  7. tóo    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 text
  8. vúra    tutápkuup    payeeripáxvuh   
    Intensive    he.liked    the.adolescent.girl   
    He just liked the girl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  9. payeeripáxvuh    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 text
  10. káan    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 text
  11. xás    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 text
  12. xás    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 text
  13. káru    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 text
  14. yeeripáxvu    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 text
  15. payeeripáxvu    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 text
  16. payeeripáxvu    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 text
  17. payôok    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