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yupsírihar / yupsihirihara- blind
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lexicon ID #7195 | revised Feb 17 2016
yupsírihar / yupsihirihara- • ADJ • blind
Literally: 'having shiny eyes'
| Derivation: | yupsírih-ar | (= yúup sírih-ar) |
| be.blind-having | (= eye shiny-having) |
Source: WB 1698.9, p.403
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pi'êep kun-ipí-tih pa-yupsírihar-as uum vaa xás mukun-fikríp-ar-as long.ago 3pl(>3s)-say-DUR the-blind-PL 3.SG so then 3plPOSS-pick.out-INST-PL Long ago, they say, the blind people were their sorters. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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