Ararahih'urípih
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ipsháamkir / ipsháamkiri- to abandon, to leave

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2794 | revised Jan 28 2015

ipsháamkir / ipsháamkiri- • V • to abandon, to leave

Derivation:  ip-saam-kir
ITER remain-Instrumental

Derivative (1)
ipshaamkírapuh "orphan"

Source: WB 1200.1, p.377

Note: Cf. sháamkir(i) 'to be left; to win'.

  • maník máruk vúra núpsaamkireesh. We'll leave him upslope. [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 014]
  • uum támit kinípshaamkir. He left us (i.e., he's dead). [Reference: WB files]

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  1. xás   u-píip   oo   tá   kan-éepshaamkir  
    then   3s(>3)-say   oh!   PERF   3pl>1s-abandon  
    And he said, "Oh, they've left me!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  2. xás   kun-ipêer   manâa   vúra   tá   nú-psaamkir  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   maybe   Intensive   PERF   1pl(>3)-abandon  
    And they told her, "Perhaps we're leaving you behind."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  3. kóova   kíri   kanée-pshaamkir  
    so   I.wish   3pl>1s-abandon  
    They wanted so much to leave me behind.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text