Ararahih'urípih
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ípih bone

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2750 | revised Feb 18 2016

ípih N • bone

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Source: WB 655, p.348; JPH ani 06:505, mat 06:753

  • kári xás víri ta'ípih vúra, pamu'ípih kích utháaniv. And there were just bones by now, only his bones lay there. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 126]
  • xás vúra papihnîich ucháfichti pa'ípih. And the old man was gnawing the bones. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 031]


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  1. peheeraháaptiik    pa'uh'íppi    sákriivsha    puyâamahukich    kupeeshpáttahitihara   
    the.tobacco.branch    the.tobacco.stem    tough.ones    not.easy    it.does.not.break.in.some.way   
    The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  2. 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
  3. vúra    ípih    uum    tóo    spat   
    Intensive    bone    3.SG    it.is    be.broken   
    Her leg is broken.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  4. xás    pâanpay    xás    pamu'ípi    káru    vúra    chavúra    vaa    káru    kunchífich   
    then    after.while    then    his.bones    also    Intensive    finally    so    also    they.won   
    And after a while, finally they also won his bones.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  5. ítam    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    úpeen        púfaat    mu'ípih   
    earlier.today    so    so    because.of    it.says    PERF    nothing    his.bones   
    That's why it says he doesn't have any bones.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  6. kári    xás    víri        ípi    vúra    pamu'ípi    kích    utháaniv   
    then    then    so    PERF    bone    Intensive    his.bones    only    he.lay   
    And there were just bones by now, only his bones lay there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  7. xás    pookyívish    vúra    ípi    kích    káru    pamúmaan   
    then    when.he.landed    Intensive    bone    only    also    his.skin   
    And when he landed, he was just bones and his skin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  8. xás    vúra    papihnîich    ucháfichti    pa'ípih    xás    aax    kích    uthuufhíti    poocháfichtih   
    then    Intensive    the.old.man    he.was.gnawing.them    the.bones    then    blood    only    it.was.flowing.out.in.a.stream    as.he.was.gnawing.them   
    And the old man was gnawing the bones, and nothing but blood was streaming as he gnawed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  9. 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
  10. kári    xás    upíip    páakraah    nani'ípi        níxraam   
    then    then    he.said    the.eel    my.bone    PERF    I.bet   
    And Eel said, "I'll bet my bones."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text
  11. víriva    kumá'ii    akráa    púfaat    mu'ípih   
    so    because.of    eel    nothing    his.bone   
    For that reason Eel has no bones.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text
  12. ôok    uum    pu'áhootihara    pa'ípihitihan   
    here    3.SG    he.doesn't.travel    the.one.who.has.bones   
    People with bones (i.e., live people) don't come here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text