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if to grow; (person) to grow up; (water) to boil; (bread) to rise
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1453 | revised Nov 07 2014
if • V • 1 to grow; (person) to grow up • 2 (water) to boil (lexicon ID #1454) • 3 (bread) to rise (lexicon ID #1455)
Derivatives (19; show derivatives)
Source: WB 400, p.335
- panámniik u'ífanik. He grew up at Orleans. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 002]
- pa'ípaha u'íifti. The trees are growing. [Reference: KV]
Sentence examples (48)
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kôokaninay vúr u'íiftih.
They grow all over.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text -
payêem vúra vaa káan taay u'íifti,
pakáan píins kun'úhthaamhitihirak.
They grow more now where beans are planted.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text -
astíip vúr u'íifti yúxnaam.
It grows by the river in the sand.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text -
á'yaach vúr uvêehrímva poo'íifti peehêeraha.
The tobacco plant stands straight up as it grows.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
á'yaach vúra uvêehrimva poo'íifti peheeraha'íppa.
The tobacco plant stands straight up as it grows.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
káakum vúra a'vári poo'íifti,
káru káakum vúra âapunich.
Some [tobacco plants] grow low, some high.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
vaa vúra a'varittâapas u'íifti pa'avansa'ávahkamvari tu'íffahaak.
The highest that they grow is higher than man.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
vaa vúr upifyîimmuti pa'avansa'ávahkamvari tu'íffahaak.
The highest it ever grows is higher than man.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text -
payáan vúr u'íiftihaak puxxích thúkkinkunish,
peheeraha'íppa,
pachím uimtúppeeshahaak,
vaa kári taváttavkunish.
When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text -
peehêeraha u'íiftihirak
place where tobacco growsSource: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text -
pamupírish vúra pu'ivrárasurutihara,
sákriivsha pamúpsii,
ípam kunish pamupirish'ápsii,
xákaan u'ifshúrootihirak sákriivsha.
The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
vúra ník mít vaa kun'aapúnmutihat pa'úhish u'ífeesh
They Knew That Seeds Will GrowSource: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text -
kúna vúra vaa kun'aapúnmutihanik pa'áraar,
hôoy vúrava pa'úhish pookyívishrihaak,
vaa vúra íkiich u'ífeesh,
kun'aapúnmutihanik vúra vaa.
But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way.Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text -
kúna vúra mít puhári úhish ipshâanmutihaphat pa'úhish u'ífeesh
But They Never Packed Seeds HomeSource: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text -
kúna vaa vúra ník kun'áapunmutihanik,
pamukunvôoh muuk vaa káan taay u'íifti,
pakáan hitíhaan kun'ûupvutihaak,
patá yíth,
vaa káan yáanchiip taay u'íifti,
yíth pakáan kun'uupvutihaak.
But they knew indeed that where they dig cacomites all the time, with their digging sticks many of them grow up, the following year many grow up where they dig them.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text -
vaa kunipíti pakun'ûupvutihaak patayîith,
vaa yâanchiip kúkuum taay u'íiftih.
They claim that by digging Indian potatoes, more grow up the next year again.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text -
taay tûupichas u'íifti sú',
vaa mupîimachich patayîith.
There are tiny ones growing under the ground, close to the Indian potatoes.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text -
áfeer tá kunvítrip,
vaa uum pukúkuum píiftihara,
pávaa kun'îinishtihaak,
payúux uxéetchichhitih.
Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text -
vúra xára xás vúra tu'íf.
And after a long time it raised.
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máh'iit tu'íf, xás vúra tóo kyav saraxútnahich.
In the morning it raised, and she made pancakes.
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itíhaan vúra vaa ikpíhan,
káru xás vúra vaa poo'if vúra vaa itíhaan vúra ikpíhan.
He is always strong, and when he grew up he was just always strong.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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íp poo'íf xás vúra vaa ikpíhan.
Growing up he was strong.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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poo'íifti xás vúra vaa kâarim,
vúra púfaat pu'ûum,
táay vúra púfaat.
When he was growing up he was poor, he didn't have hardly anything, he didn't have much.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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xás vúra vaa tu'if.
He grew up that way.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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vúra púfaat uum vúra mu'ám mu'uup,
xás vúra vaa kâarim,
xás vúra vaa poo'íiftih.
He didn't have any food or possessions, he was poor, that is how he grew up.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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vâaram ti'íf.
You grew tall.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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panámniik u'ífanik.
He grew up at Orleans.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
víri vaa kúth payêem paxuntápan kôokaninay vúra u'íiftih.
That's why the acorns grow everywhere now.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
kári ithívthaaneen tóo thárish,
xás paxuntápan tá kunífar.
They were creating (lit., laying down) the world, and the acorns came to grow.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
yaxéek vúra nik kunxúseesh '
xuntápan tu'ífar.'
They'll know (lit., think) that Tan Oak Acorn has come to grow.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
víri îifuti tá kunívyiihma pakáan kunífeesh,
vúra vaa uthivkêetih.
So sure enough, they arrived where they were going to grow, she accompanied them like that.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
itáharavan kun'ífanik tipahêeras.
Ten brothers grew up.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
yáanchiip táay u'ífeesh xuntápan.
The next year many acorns will grow.Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text -
kári xás yítha uum káan u'ífanik.
And one (girl) had grown up there (at Orleans).Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text -
ôok kun'ífanik ithivthanéen'aachip áxak ikxareeyav'ifápiitichas.
Two spirit girls grew up here at the middle of the world.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
kári xás paniinamichtâapas iknûumin veekxaréeyav pamú'arama vaa vúra ukupa'ífaha,
pamútiik u'ákchaaktih,
xákarari pamútiik u'ákchaaktih.
And Burrill Peak Spirit's littlest child grew up this way, his hands were closed, both his hands were closed.Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text -
kári xás vaa upiip, "
iimkun úm kúth ni'íiftih,
iimkun úm kumá'ii ni'íiftih.
And he said, "Am I growing up for you people, am I growing up for your sake?Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
naa káru vúra káan ni'íiftih."
I am growing up here too!"Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
koovúra vaa upítih, "
iimkun úm kúth ni'íiftih.
Every time, (kunâach'aa) said, "Am I growing up for you people?Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
naa káru vúra káan ni'íiftih,
kunâach'aa."
I am growing up here too, (I,) kunâach'aa!"Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
vaa u'íifti pamú'iish.
Thus his flesh grew.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text -
paxuntápan uum kun'ífiktih,
ípahak kun'íiftih.
They picked the acorns, they grew on trees.Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text -
xás panunu'ífunih vúra xávish mûuk nupákootih,
kíri vâaramas u'if,
panunu'ífunih.
And we whipped our hair with syringa, (thinking), "Let our hair grow long!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text