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ípih bone
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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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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 textpa-tak-ikyâa-haak pa-'uh-íppi tá 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 textvúra 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 | Playxás 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playítam víri vaa kumá'ii ú-peen tá 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playkári xás víri tá 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 textxás p-oo-kyívish vúra ípi kích káru pa-mú-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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textkári xás u-píip pá-akraah nani-'ípi tá ní-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 textvíri-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 textôok 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