Ararahih'urípih
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ifmâar / ifmaara- married man

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lexicon ID #1478 | revised Oct 31 2014

ifmâar / ifmaara- • N • married man

Derivatives (7)
ifmaanahîichva "(man) to acquire a mistress"
ifmâaraha "(man) to get married (to a woman)"
ifmaaráhaan "divorced man"
ifmaaréeshiip "best married man (in a family of brothers)"
ifmanahîichva "to have a mistress"
xakan'ifmâar "co-brother-in-law, i.e. brother-in-law of one's wife"
yuhveenich'ifmâar "by-name for spotted skunk"

Source: WB 406, p.335

Note: Long vowel is never shortened.

  • xás pu'ifmâarasahara, vúra afishríhansa. And they weren't married men, they were young bachelors. [Reference: WB T21.4]
  • vaa uum vúra káan ifmaarápiit kamíktaatroovutih, káruk uvítroovuti. Let the new married man push his way upstream there, (when) he is paddling upstream. [Reference: WB 15: Coyote As Lawmaker 009]

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  1. vaa uum vúra káan ifmaarápiit kamíktaatroovutih, káruk uvítroovutih."
    Let the new married man push his way upstream there, (when) he is traveling upstream."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  2. 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