Ararahih'urípih
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ikpíhan strong

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1905 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikpíhan • ADJ • strong

Derivative (1)
ikpihánishich "stronger"

Source: WB 474, p.338; TK 9.19

Note: Cf. ikpíhansa (JPH "Grammar" 86).

  • avanseekpíhan a strong man [Reference: WB files]

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  1. pu'ikpíhanhara pasahihêeraha, xáat vaa ár uhêer.
    That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  2. tírihsha pamupírish, ikpíhan, imxathakkêem.
    It has widish leaves, it is strong, it stinks.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  3. ipansúnukich vaa káan payêepsha, ikpíhan peehêeraha, kunish ár u'iftakankôoti, vaa peheerahayêepsha káanvári.
    Toward the top they are good leaves, it is strong tobacco, like it would stick to a person, they are good tobacco leaves that side.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  4. vaa kunippítti: " imxathakkêem, ikpíhan, peheeraháaxvaha."
    They say: "It stinks, it is strong, the tobacco gum."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text

  5. naa vúra ikpíhan.
    I am strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  6. íim káru ikpíhan.
    You are strong, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  7. manâa vaa pa'ávansa vúra vaa puxích mít vúra itíhaan vúra ikpíhan.
    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. xás vúra itíhaan vúra vaa ikpíhan.
    He was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  11. itíhaan vúra vaa ikpíhan.
    He was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. kári xás peekpihantâapas ta'ítam uvâaramaheen.
    So then the strongest one went off (to play).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  13. ta'ítam uxúsanik peekpihantâapas, " tîi xákaan núvuunvi."
    So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  14. vaa uum papaaxkívtihan uum peekpihan'íshiip káru peeshnanich'íshiip.
    The winners were the strongest and the swiftest.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text