Ararahih'urípih
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-sîiprin / -siiprína- up (pl. action)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5382 | revised Dec 11 2014

-sîiprin / -siiprína- SUFF • up (pl. action)

Derivation -sip-va
-up-PL.ACT

Derivative (1)
imfiruvasîip "(steam) to rise up {?}"

Note: Pl. action form of -sip(riv).


Sentence examples (6)

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  1. patakikyâahaak    pa'uhíppi        kunvupáksiiprin   
    when.??    the.tobacco.stem    PERF    they.cut.it.up   
    When they pick the tobacco stems they cut them off.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  2. kári    xás    upiip    akâay    kích    vúra    ipshansîipreevishan    pamu'ípih   
    then    then    he.said    who    only    Intensive    one.who.will.carry.away    his.bones   
    And he said, "Who is going to carry away her bones?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  3. kári    xás    upiip    kachakâach    naa    ník    nipshansîipreevish   
    then    then    he.said    bluejay    1sg.    a.little    I.will.carry.away   
    Then Blue Jay said, "I'll carry them away."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  4. kári    xás    kun'ifúksiiprin   
    then    then    they.got.up   
    And they got up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  5. xás    kunpativásiiprin    xás    kuniyâaram   
    then    they.started.carrying.them.again    then    they.left   
    And they put them on their backs, and they went off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  6. páy    uum    tishrámkaam    xás    utuyshíiprinahiti    yiiv   
    this    3.SG    a.big.valley    then    it.is.a.mountain.rising    far   
    This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text