Ararahih'urípih
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ûusip / ûusipriv- to pick up

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lexicon ID #6333 | revised Oct 31 2014

ûusip / ûusipriv- • V • to pick up

Source: JPH ethno ?:200

  • xás tu'ûusip pa'ípaha. And he picked up a stick. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 133]
  • xás vúra u'ûusip pamu'asipxánahich. And she picked up her big bowl basket. [Reference: KM 5.20]

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  1. xás   u-'ûusip  
    then   3s(>3)-pick.up  
    And she picked it up.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. kári   xás   áhup   u-'ûusip  
    then   then   wood   3s(>3)-pick.up  
    And he picked up a stick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. xás   t-u-'ûusip   pa-'ípaha   xás   yiivári   kúuk   t-u-'íipma  
    then   PERF-3s(>3)-pick.up   the-tree   then   rather.far   to   PERF-3s(>3)-return  
    He picks up the tree, and goes away again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text