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yeeripáxvuh adolescent girl ; daughter
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lexicon ID #7067 | revised Feb 11 2016
yeeripáxvuh • N • adolescent girl ; daughter
| Derivation: | yêerip axvuh |
| yêerip fuzz |
Derivative (1)
yeenipaxvúhich "little (i.e. pre-adolescent) girl"
Source: WB 1674, p.400
Note: The diminutive form is yeenipaxvúhich 'little girl'.
- káan pihnêefich úkrii, muyeeripáxvuh xákaan kun'iin, muhrôoha támit u'ívat. Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 001]
- takunpichakúvaan payeeripáxvuhsa. They felt proud, those girls. [Reference: TK 73.3]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (17)