Ararahih'urípih
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peevapithváram store

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4752 | revised Feb 17 2014

peevapithváram • N • store

Literally: 'trading-place'

Derivation:  pêevapithva-ram  (= pêeva-pith-va-ram)
trade-place  (= pêeva-here.and.there?-PL.ACT-place)

Source: WB 1108.1, p.372

Note: A shorter form is peepithváram.

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. xás   p-aapxantínihich   u-píip   chími   kâam   vâaram-i   peevapithváram  
    then   the-white.man   3s(>3)-say   soon   little.upriver   go-IMPER   store  
    And the white man said, "Go upriver to the store!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  2. xás   u-'uum   pa-peevapithváram  
    then   3s(>3)-arrive   the-store  
    Then he arrived at the store.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text