Ararahih'urípih
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thivtap / thivtapa- war dance

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5987 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivtap / thivtapa- • N • war dance

Derivation:  thivtap-a
do.war.dance-DEVERB

Source: WB 1461.1, p.389

  • yítha ík káan ukrîishriheesh thivtapa'ípan ka'kúkamkam. One of you must sit there at the upriver end of the war dance. [Reference: KT 152.34]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. xás   t-u-thítiv   chími   u-thivtap-ára-h-eesh  
    then   PERF-3s(>3)-hear   soon   3s(>3)-war.dance-having-DENOM-FUT  
    And he heard it, there was going to be a war dance.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  2. xás   yánava   t-u-thivtap-ará-kaam-ha  
    then   visible   PERF-3s(>3)-war.dance-having-large-DENOM  
    And he saw there was a big war dance.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  3. xás   yánava   pa-'ifápiit-sha   xákarari   kun-'íin   p-oo-thivtap-ára-hi-tih-irak  
    then   visible   the-young.unmarried.woman-PL   on.both.sides   3pl(>3s)-(two).be   NOMZ-3s(>3)-war.dance-having-DENOM-DUR-where  
    And he saw the girls sitting on each side where people were war-dancing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text