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afishríhan young man, especially an unmarried one
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lexicon ID #143 | revised Sep 22 2014
afishríhan • N • young man, especially an unmarried one
| Derivation: | af-ish-an |
| af-down-Participial |
Derivatives (4)
afíshnihanich "young man (dimin.)"
afishnihanpihnîich "bachelor"
afishrihanxára "man's name"
kahyuras'afishríhan "Klamath Lakes Young Man (name of a spirit person)"
Source: WB 22, p.314
Note: Shd be afíshrihan? The dimin. is afíshnihanich.
- i'aapúnmutihum hôoy póokrii yuuvêen mu'afíshrihan. Do you know where Yuuveen's son lives? [Reference: KT 143.29]
- pimnanihtanákaanich uum afishnihánichhanik. Mourning Dove was a young man. [Reference: KT 147.41]
Sentence examples (6)
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xás pu'ifmâarasahara,
vúra afishríhansa.
And they weren't married men, they were unmarried.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
ararayaas'ára mu'afishríhan.
He was a rich man's son.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
uum vúra itíhaan kumamáh'iit tóo kvátar,
itukuk'afishríhan.
The young man of itúkuk went gathering sweathouse wood every morning.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
úpviitkar,
itukuk'afishríhan.
The boy from itúkuk rowed back across.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
vaa ukúphaanik,
itukuk'afishríhan.
The boy from itúkuk did that.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás paafishríhansas kunkúniihvunaa,
taay kuníxraamtih.
And the young men shot arrows, they bet a lot.Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text