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ikpat to break (by hitting with something)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1899 | revised Aug 21 2005
ikpat • V • to break (by hitting with something)
Derivatives (3)
ikpáatrav "to break in two (by hitting)"
ikpat "marrow; marrowbone"
ipish'it'íkpat "marrow from leg bone of deer"
Source: WB 471, p.338
Note: Cf. impat 'to crack from heat', ishpat 'to become broken.'
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kári xás p-oo-tharámpuk ta'ítam mú-psii ú-kpaatrav-aheen then then NOMZ-3s(>3)-cook.acorn.soup so 3sPOSS-leg 3s(>3)-break.in.two-ANT So when she made acorn soup, then (Doe) broke open her leg. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textta'ítam p-eekpát u-'ínihnamnih-ach so the-marrow 3s(>3)-drip.into-DIM.(verbs) So the marrow dribbled into (the soup). Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkári xás ú-kpaatrav pa-mú-psiih aax kúna u-'ínihnamnih-ach then then 3s(>3)-break.in.two the-3sPOSS-leg blood in.addition 3s(>3)-drip.into-DIM.(verbs) And she broke her leg, but (only) blood dribbled in. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás u-yvúruk-ti sakankoorée-kpat then 3s(>3)-rub-DUR leg-bone.of.deer-marrow And she rubbed deer’s leg-bone marrow on him. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textpúyava vaa itha-hárinay t-óo yvúruk p-éekpat you.see so one-year PERF-3s(>3) rub the-marrow So she rubbed marrow on him for a year. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text