Ararahih'urípih
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ípih bone

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2750 | revised Feb 18 2016

ípih N • bone

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Source: WB 655, p.348; JPH ani 06:505, mat 06:753

  • kári xás víri ta'ípih vúra, pamu'ípih kích utháaniv. And there were just bones by now, only his bones lay there. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 126]
  • xás vúra papihnîich ucháfichti pa'ípih. And the old man was gnawing the bones. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 031]


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  1. p-eheerah-áaptiik   pa-'uh-'íppi   sákriiv-sha   pu-yâamahukich   kup-eeshpátt-ahi-tih-ara  
    the-tobacco-branch   the-tobacco-bone   hard-PL   NEG-easy   MODAL-be.broken-Modal-DUR-NEG  
    The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  2. 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
  3. vúra   ípih   uum   t-óo   spat  
    Intensive   bone   3.SG   PERF-3s(>3)   be.broken  
    Her leg is broken.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  4. xás   pâanpay   xás   pa-mu-'ípi   káru   vúra   chavúra   vaa   káru   kun-chífich  
    then   after.while   then   the-3sPOSS-bone   also   Intensive   finally   so   also   3pl(>3s)-beat  
    And after a while, finally they also won his bones.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  5. ítam   víri   vaa   kumá'ii   ú-peen      púfaat   mu-'ípih  
    earlier.today   so   so   because.of   3s(>3)-say.to   PERF   nothing   3sPOSS-bone  
    That's why it says he doesn't have any bones.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  6. kári   xás   víri      ípi   vúra   pa-mu-'ípi   kích   u-tháaniv  
    then   then   so   PERF   bone   Intensive   the-3sPOSS-bone   only   3s(>3)-sit  
    And there were just bones by now, only his bones lay there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  7. xás   p-oo-kyívish   vúra   ípi   kích   káru   pa--maan  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-fall.down   Intensive   bone   only   also   the-3sPOSS-skin  
    And when he landed, he was just bones and his skin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  8. xás   vúra   pa-pihnîich   u-cháfich-ti   pa-'ípih   xás   aax   kích   u-thuufhí-ti   p-oo-cháfich-tih  
    then   Intensive   the-old.man   3s(>3)-gnaw.meat-DUR   the-bone   then   blood   only   3s(>3)-flow.in.stream-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-gnaw.meat-DUR  
    And the old man was gnawing the bones, and nothing but blood was streaming as he gnawed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  9. 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
  10. kári   xás   u-píip   -akraah   nani-'ípi      -xraam  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   the-eel   1sPOSS-bone   PERF   1s(>3)-bet  
    And Eel said, "I'll bet my bones."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text
  11. víri-va   kumá'ii   akráa   púfaat   mu-'ípih  
    so-that   because.of   eel   nothing   3sPOSS-bone  
    For that reason Eel has no bones.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text
  12. ôok   uum   pu-'áhoo-tih-ara   pa-'ípi-hi-tih-an  
    here   3.SG   NEG-go-DUR-NEG   the-bone-DENOM-DUR-Participial  
    People with bones (i.e., live people) don't come here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text