Ararahih'urípih
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yáan'iiftihan young person, esp. a young man

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7025 | revised Feb 11 2016

yáan'iiftihan • N • young person, esp. a young man

Literally: 'one who is just growing'

Derivation:  yaan if-ti-han
recently grow-DUR-PTCL

Source: WB 1655.1, p.400

  • naa vúra koo yáv pa'akâayva kumayáan'iiftihan. I'm as good as any young man. [Reference: WB T22.8]
  • kári xás vúra uum taay yáan'iiftihan pa'afíshnihanichas xás takunthárufvunaa. And lots of unmarried young men peeled the sticks. [Reference: WB T79.4]

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  1. pi'êep, paniyáan'iiftihanhaak, pa'ôok káruk veethívthaaneen pishîich ni'úumhaak, papanámniik pishîich ni'úumhaak, naa vúra xakitrahyar káru yítha hárinay kích tá níkrii.
    Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  2. áxak muyáan'iiftihansa.
    He had two sons (lit., young people).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  3. xás áxak ifápiitsha kunpiip, " chími numúsanvi payáan'iiftihansa."
    And two young women said, "Let's go see the young men."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  4. xás payáan'iiftihansa tá kunívyiihma káru pa'asiktávaansas.
    And the young men and the women arrived.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  5. ayu'âach pa'asiktávaan uum yáan'iiftihansa.''
    It's because the women are young."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  6. '' naa vúra kóo yáv pa'akâayva kumayáan'iiftihan.''
    "I'm just as good as any young man."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  7. káan yáan'iiftihansa kun'áraarahiti tipahêeras.
    Young men were living there, brothers.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  8. kári xás vúra uum táay yáan'iiftihan pa'afíshnihanichas tá kunthárufvunaa.
    And lots of young unmarried men peeled the sticks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text