Ararahih'urípih
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ífuth behind

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1504 | revised Jun 26 2014

ífuth N • behind

Derivatives (7)
ifuchkávanach "broken-off dentalia end"
ifuchtîimich "last one"
ifuchtîimich "last time"
ifuth'ahóovaan "junior priestess, who walks behind in ceremony (Kroeber & Gifford pp. 26 ff., pp. 50 ff.)"
ífuthkam "behind; backward"
ífuthkamha "(small end) to point"
ifuthkám'iipma "a man's name, James Tom Sr."

Source: WB 412, p.335

  • xás pamu'ífuth xás upithvásip pamukrívraam. And behind her then he packed up his house. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 043]
  • uum vúra hitíhaan ífuth kích u'áhootiheesh pa'asiktávaan. The woman will always walk behind. [Reference: TK 94.16]


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  1. xás pihnêefich upíip " thúfkaam vúra vúrunihi nani'ífuth."
    So Coyote said, "Let a big creek flow down behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  2. xás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma xás " nani'ífuth thúfkaam kam'árihish."
    And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  3. xás pamu'ífuth xás upithvásip pamukrívraam.
    And behind her then he packed up his house.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text