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ifápiit young unmarried woman
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1459 | revised Mar 31 2014
ifápiit • N • young unmarried woman
Literally: 'new-grown (?)'
| Derivation: | if píit |
| grow new |
Derivative (1)
ifapitkéevriik "old maid"
Source: WB 401, p.335
Note: The plural is ifápiitsha(s) (TK 1.86, 67.19); the diminutive is ifápiitich, pl. ifápiitichas.
- ... ifapityâamachas... they are nice-looking girls. [Reference: JL]
- víri vaa vúra kunipíti axyaráva patíshraam pa'ifápiitsha. People say that those flats are full of young women. [Reference: TK 67.19]
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