Ararahih'urípih
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-sîiprin / -siiprína- up (pl. action)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5382 | revised Dec 11 2014

-sîiprin / -siiprína- SUFF • up (pl. action)

Derivation -sip-va
-up-PL.ACT

Derivative (1)
imfiruvasîip "(steam) to rise up {?}"

Note: Pl. action form of -sip(riv).


Sentence examples (6)

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  1. pa-tak-ikyâa-haak   pa-'uh-íppi      kun-vupák-siiprin  
    the---when   the-tobacco-bone   PERF   3pl(>3s)-trim-up.(pl.action)  
    When they pick the tobacco stems they cut them off.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  2. kári   xás   u-piip   akâay   kích   vúra   ip-shan-sîipree-vish-an   pa-mu-'ípih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   who   only   Intensive   ITER-carry.(things)-up.(pl.action)-FUT-Participial   the-3sPOSS-bone  
    And he said, "Who is going to carry away her bones?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  3. kári   xás   u-piip   kachakâach   naa   ník   ni-p-shan-sîipree-vish  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   bluejay   1sg.   a.little   1s(>3)-ITER-carry.(things)-up.(pl.action)-FUT  
    Then Blue Jay said, "I'll carry them away."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  4. kári   xás   kun-'ifúk-siiprin  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-climb-up.(pl.action)  
    And they got up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  5. xás   kun-p-ativ-á-siiprin   xás   kun-iyâaram  
    then   3pl(>3s)-ITER-carry.in.a.burden.basket-PL.ACT-up.(pl.action)   then   3pl(>3s)-(two.people).go  
    And they put them on their backs, and they went off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  6. páy   uum   tishrám-kaam   xás   u-tuy-shíiprin-ahi-ti   yiiv  
    this   3.SG   valley-large   then   3s(>3)-mound-up.(pl.action)-ESS-DUR   far  
    This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text