Ararahih'urípih
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itshîip / itshîipriv- to look up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3425 | revised Feb 22 2015

itshîip / itshîipriv- • V • to look up

Derivation:  it-sip
look-up

  • yiimúsich vúra utsîipriv. From a long ways off, she looks up. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 184]
  • yiimúsich vúra utsîiprin. He looks from some distance off. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 015]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. yiimúsich   t-óo   tsîip  
    little.ways.off   PERF-3s(>3)   look.up  
    He looked off a little ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. asa'urúh'iivreen   u-p-itshîiprin  
    placename   3s(>3)-ITER-look.up  
    He caught sight of it at asa'urúh'iivreen (a hill near Katimin).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  3. yiimúsich   vúra   u-tsîip   pa-mukun-'ikrívraam  
    little.ways.off   Intensive   3s(>3)-look.up   the-3plPOSS-house  
    He saw their house a little ways off.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text