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imtúpish / imtúpishrih- to be cooked, to be ripe
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2566 | revised Nov 16 2014
imtúpish / imtúpishrih- • V • to be cooked, to be ripe
Derivation: | imtup-ish |
be.ripe-down |
- toomtupíshriihva. It's cooked, it's ripe. [Reference: WB files]
Sentence example (1)
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yánava vúra táay pá-xaath t-óo mtupíshriih-va xás vúra amáyav kunish visible Intensive much the-grasshopper PERF-3s(>3) be.cooked-PL.ACT then Intensive good-tasting sort.of He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text