Ararahih'urípih
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típah (variant tipahêer) brother, male cousin

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lexicon ID #6081 | revised Nov 03 2015

típah N • brother, male cousin

Variant tipahêer (lexicon ID #7598): Used in general plural tipahêeras

Derivative (1)
tipáhiichva "stepbrother"

Source: WB 1386, p.386

Note: The plural (without possessive prefixes) is tipahêeras, The possessed plural is, e.g., nanitipáhiivshas 'my brothers'.

  • víri vaa káan kun'ífanik, samnanaktíshraam, tipahêeras, chimuchtunvêech. So there they were raised, at Forks of Salmon Valley, ten brothers, young lizards. [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 003]
  • xás uxús pihnêefich, tîi kanpípaan pamutipáhiivsha, píith tákunsaam. Then Coyote thought, "Let me go tell his brothers," there were four left. [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 063]


Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (11)

  1. mutípah "his or her brother" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  2. nanitípah "my brother" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  3. nanitípah "my brother" (spoken by )
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  4. típah "brother" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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