Ararahih'urípih
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pípas to take (a person) home

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4951 | revised Aug 23 2005

pípas • V • to take (a person) home

  • xâatik vúra nipípas. Let me just take him home. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 004]

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  1. xás   ni-piip   puu   xâatik   vúra   ni-pípas  
    then   1s(>3)-say   no   it's.better   Intensive   1s(>3)-take.(person).home  
    And I said, "No, let me just take him home.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  2. xás   kun-piip   chimi   nu-píkaan   chimi   ôok   kum-eethívthaaneen   nu-pípas-ramnih-i  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   1pl(>3)-go.get   soon   here   3sPOSS-land   1pl(>3)-take.(person).home-into-IMPER  
    And they said, "Let's go get her, let's bring her back into this world!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  3. púyava   ôok   u-pípas-ramnih-anik   pa-púufich  
    you.see   here   3s(>3)-take.(person).home-into-ANC   the-deer  
    So he brought Deer back here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  4. u-pípas-rup   pa-mu-'aramah  
    3s(>3)-take.(person).home-away.downriverward   the-3sPOSS-child  
    He took his child back home.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text