Ararahih'urípih
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íifship / íifshipriv (plant) to grow, (person) to grow up, to be raised

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1640 | revised Oct 31 2014

íifship / íifshipriv • V • (plant) to grow, (person) to grow up, to be raised

Derivation:  if-sip
grow-up

Derivatives (3)
ifshíiprin "to grow up (plural action)"
ifshipfípaan "man's name"
yáv'iifship "well-raised"

Source: WB 400.5, p.335

  • káruma uum vúra vaa ukupa'iifshípreehanik The fact is he had been raised that way. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 006]
  • yítha áachip vúra poo'íifshiprivti. One thing grows up in the middle. [Reference: TK 57.25]

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  1. xás payeeripáxvu tóo kêechha, xás yâamach tu'íifship.
    And the girl got big, and she grew up pretty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  2. vaa vúra ukupa'iifshípreenik, pakâanimich u'iifshípreenik.
    She had grown up that way, since she had grown up poor.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  3. kunmáahti peekxaréeyav tu'íifship.
    They would see where a spirit had grown up (i.e., was living).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  4. kúkuum fátaak tá kunmáh " ikxaréeyav tu'íifship."
    Again somewhere they would see that a spirit had grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. yánava ikxaréeyav tu'íifship.
    They saw a spirit had grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  6. víri kôokaninay ni'aapúnmuti peekxaréeyav tu'íifship.
    I know everyplace that a spirit has grown up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  7. muchíshii vúra xákaan kun'íifship.
    He and his dog grew up together.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  8. yukún vaa xákaan u'iifshípreenik, pamutákasar.
    You see, he had grown up with that tossel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  9. yukún uum ikxareeyaatâapas u'iifshípreenik iknûumin veekxaréeyav.
    You see, Burrill Peak Spirit had grown up into a real ikxaréeyav.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  10. itáharavan kun'íifshipreenik tipahêeras.
    Ten brothers once grew up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  11. uum vúra káan u'iifshípreenik afíshnihanich, itúkuk.
    A young man lived there at itúkuk (in Yurok territory, opposite Weitchpec).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text