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imtup to be ripe; to be cooked or roasted; (blood) to clot
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2564 | revised Dec 17 2014
imtup • V • to be ripe; to be cooked or roasted; (blood) to clot
Derivatives (4)
axímtup "blood clot"
imtup "cooked"
imtúpish "to be cooked, to be ripe"
imtúupmath "to cook (something), make cooked"
Source: WB 601, p.345
- íp panapíkniivravat pá'aax tóomtup. The blood has clotted where I was hurt. [Reference: KV]
- xás pukári kín'aapunmutihan pahári tóomtup. And we didn't know when (the food) was done. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 003]
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pa-yáan vúr u-'íif-ti-haak puxxích thúkkinkunish p-eheeraha-'íppa pa-chím u-imtúpp-eesh-ahaak vaa kári taváttavkunish NOMZ-recently Intensive 3s(>3)-grow-DUR-when very.much blue-green the-tobacco-tree NOMZ-soon 3s(>3)-be.ripe-FUT-when so then light-colored When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full textvaa kári xás kun-xú-ti t-óo mtup p-eehêeraha pa-tá kun-ma t-óo xváha-ha so then then 3pl(>3s)-think-DUR PERF-3s(>3) be.ripe the-tobacco NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-see PERF-3s(>3) pitch-DENOM Then they know the tobacco is ripe, when they see it is gummy. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full textxás pu-kári kín-'aapunmu-tih-ara pa-hári pa-t-óo mtup then NEG-then 1pl(>3)-know-DUR-NEG NOMZ-sometime NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3) be.ripe And we didn’t know when (the food) was done. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás tá kin-ipêer vúra ník t-óo mptup then PERF 3>1pl-say.to Intensive a.little PERF-3s(>3) be.ripe Then she told us, “It’s cooked.” Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás yánava káan uxráa t-óo mtup then visible there berry PERF-3s(>3) be.ripe And he saw berries ripe there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás u-hyûunish pa-mú-'arama chéemyaach árihrupuk-i t-óo mtup pa-mú-'iish chimi nu-'am then 3s(>3)-shout.to the-3sPOSS-child quickly rush.outdoors-IMPER PERF-3s(>3) be.ripe the-3sPOSS-flesh soon 1pl(>3)-eat And she shouted to her child, "Jump out quickly, her meat is cooked, let's eat!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textpa-t-óo mpúk-ahaak pa-'ás tá kun-turúriip-va NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3) be.ripe-when the-rock PERF 3pl(>3s)-take.(hot.stones).out-PL.ACT When (the acorns) were cooked, they took the rocks out. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text