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ikpat to break (by hitting with something)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1899 | revised Aug 21 2005
ikpat • V • to break (by hitting with something)
Derivatives (3)
ikpáatrav "to break in two (by hitting)"
ikpat "marrow; marrowbone"
ipish'it'íkpat "marrow from leg bone of deer"
Source: WB 471, p.338
Note: Cf. impat 'to crack from heat', ishpat 'to become broken.'
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kári xás pootharámpuk ta'ítam múpsii úkpaatravaheen then then when.she.cooked.acorn.soup so her.leg she.broke.it.in.two So when she made acorn soup, then (Doe) broke open her leg. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textta'ítam peekpát u'ínihnamnihach so the.marrow it.dribbled.into.it So the marrow dribbled into (the soup). Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkári xás úkpaatrav pamúpsiih aax kúna u'ínihnamnihach then then she.broke.it.in.two her.leg blood in.addition it.dribbled.into.it And she broke her leg, but (only) blood dribbled in. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás uyvúrukti sakankooréekpat then she.rubbed.on.him deer.leg-bone.marrow And she rubbed deer’s leg-bone marrow on him. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textpúyava vaa ithahárinay tóo yvúruk péekpat you.see so a.whole.year she.did rub the.marrow So she rubbed marrow on him for a year. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text