Ararahih'urípih
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-pa / -pu- Denominative

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lexicon ID #4409 | revised Dec 17 2014

-pa / -pu- SUFF • Denominative

Derivatives (10)
ip'ávanpa "(woman) to take a second husband"
ipkîihpa "to lock a door"
ipkîihpar "key"
ipkookpíchvaan "man's name"
ipkúuhpa "to be sick again"
ipshúpaahpa "to be the ...th day of the week"
iptáatpa "to take as stepmother"
iptûupichaspa "to be small ones"
ipxákaanpa "to go with (one person), to go together, to accompany"
ipxátunpa "to be very anxious (to do something)"

Note: Alternant of -ha (a/i).


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  1. xás    kári    kúkuum    úpkuuhpa   
    then    then    again    he.got.sick   
    Then he got sick again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  2. kúkuum    vúra    úpkuupha   
    again    Intensive    she.got.sick.again   
    Then she [the sick one] did the same way again.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  3. kári    xás    upiip    ipnîinamichpi    ipnîinamichpi   
    then    then    he.said    become.little.again!    become.little.again!   
    And he said, "Get little, get little!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  4. chôora    nupxákaanpi    payêem   
    let's.go    let's.go.back.together    now   
    Let's go back together now."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  5. ta'ítam    kunpáxtiivpunaa    aachíchhar    vúra    kunpihmarápiithva   
    so    they.played.again    happy    Intensive    they.ran.around.again   
    So they played again, they ran around again happily.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  6. púyava    pakachakâach    tóo    pyávpa   
    you.see    bluejay    she.now.was    well.again   
    Blue Jay was well again by now.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text