Ararahih'urípih
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kípa like, sort of

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3850 | revised Aug 22 2005

kípa • PCL • like, sort of

Derivatives (5)
aaskípach "wet"
aaxkípach "bloody"
íishkipach "naked"
ishvakípish "knobcone pine"
-kípach "characterized by"

Source: WB 884, p.360

Note: Pron. with single -p-.

  • vaa vúra kúnish kunkupeethxúpahiti kípa vúra murukmûuk takunithxúpahaak sipnúkaamak. They sort of cover (a tobacco basket) just like they cover a big storage basket with a plate basket. [Reference: TK 106.28]
  • ávansa kípa uum vuup ucháfichti. A man only chews on the neck (meat). [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 022]

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  1. xas   u-píip   "pûuhara   ávansa   kípa   ûum   vúup   u-cháfich-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-say   "no   man   like   barely   neck   3s(>3)-gnaw.meat-DUR  
    But he answered, "No indeed! Men always chew the neck!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. vúup   kich   kípa   ni-cháfich-tih  
    neck   only   like   1s(>3)-gnaw.meat-DUR  
    The neck is what I want to chew!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. hãã   víri   vaa   hûutva   kípa   hûutva   kupa-kuph-áh-eesh   tá   na-séey  
    yes   so   so   somehow   like   somehow   MODAL-do-Modal-FUT   PERF   1s(>3)-not.know  
    How would I do that? I don't know.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. xánpuut   kípa   fâat   pa-mú-pxaan   káru   xánthiip  
    maul.oak.acorn   like   what   the-3sPOSS-cap   also   black.oak  
    Maul Oak and Black Oak had beautiful caps.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  5. chavúra   kun-'uum   vúra   uum   yâamach   p-eethívthaaneen   kípa   thúkin  
    finally   3pl(>3s)-arrive   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   the-land   like   bile  
    Finally they arrived, the country was beautiful and green.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text