Ararahih'urípih
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kip just, only; as if

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3849 | revised Nov 07 2005

kip • PCL • just, only; as if

  • vaa kíp pu'ípararahara, taay kíp ukupavêenahiti. He (Coyote) is just not reliable, he just does lots of tricks. [Reference: WB T2.27]
  • páy kúnish kupîimach kip, poothivnurukúrihti kip. It's as though that were so close to here, as it used to be roaring. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 235]

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  1. xás   ni-xú-ti   vaa   páy   kip   Violet   u-kupí-ti   the whole thing   vaa   t-oo   sáan-kuri   pú-xay   vúra   fikríip-tih-ara  
    then   1s(>3)-think-DUR   so   this   just   Violet   3s(>3)-do-DUR   the whole thing   so   PERF-3s(>3)   carry.(things)-into.water   NEG-not.yet   Intensive   pick.out-DUR-NEG  
    And I thought, "This is the way Violet does it, the whole thing, she puts it in, she doesn't sort them out."
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  2. vaa   kíp   pu-'ípararah-ara   taay   kíp   u-kupavêenahi-tih  
    that   just   NEG-reliable-NEG   much   just   3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    That one is just not reliable, he just does lots of tricks."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  3. xás   u-xú-ti   vaa   kíp   kôok   u-víshvaan-ti   xathímtas  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   that   just   kind   3s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR   roasted.grasshoppers  
    And he thought, "He just likes that kind, roasted grasshoppers."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   u-xus   tá   ná-'aathva   kip   nu-súmah-tih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   PERF   1s-be.afraid   just   1pl(>3)-detect.a.sound-DUR  
    And (the one who remained) thought, "I'm afraid; we've been hearing some noise."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text