Ararahih'urípih
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yêeripha / yêeriphi- to go through puberty; (girl) to menstruate for the first time

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7068 | revised Feb 11 2016

yêeripha / yêeriphi- • V • to go through puberty; (girl) to menstruate for the first time

Derivation:  yêerip-ha
yêerip-DENOM

Derivatives (3)
yeeníphaanach "an insect, squash bug"
yeenipharáthiinka "(adolescent boy) to have the voice change"
yêeriphar "menstruating for the first time; menstrual girl"

Source: WB 1673, p.400

  • náama taniyêeripha, chími nupiyáarami. As for me, I've started menstruating, let's go home. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 052]
  • mí'aramah tuyêeripha, káan xás kun'íhukti. My daughter is having her first period, they're having a flower dance there. [Reference: KT 129a.30]

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  1. xas yítha upíip, "náama tá niyêeripha chími piyâarami."
    Then one day, one of the girls said, "Listen, I am going through puberty, let's go home!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. káruma tuyêeripha payêeripaxvuh."
    Now that girl is going through puberty."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. víri tuyêeripa.
    (The child) is having her first menses.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text