Ararahih'urípih
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ipthith to finish weaving

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lexicon ID #2845 | revised Mar 08 2005

ipthith V • to finish weaving

Source: WB 672, p.349

  • hâari káru vúra á' uhyárih, pachími upthítheeshahaak. Sometimes they even stand up, when they are about to finish weaving (a storage basket). [Reference: TK 97.26]


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  1. chavúra    puharíxay    naa    neepthíthhara   
    finally    never    1sg.    I.do.not.finish.it   
    But I never finish it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. puharíxay    ipthíitheeshara    vaa    vúra    teekyâasip   
    never    you.will.not.finish.it    so    Intensive    you.start.it   
    You'll never finish it, you just start it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. My mother used to tell me,    pafâat    ixuti    kíri    nivik    ipthíithi    otherwise you never will   
    My mother used to tell me,    something    you.are.thinking    want    I.weave    finish.it    otherwise you never will   
    My mother used to tell me, whatever you want to weave, finish it, otherwise you never will.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. mâa    yáxa    vaa    puxay    íim    pu'ipthíithtihara    vaa    vúra    tipáchish   
    look!    look!    so    not.yet    2sg.    you.don't.finish.it    so    Intensive    PERF   
    You see, you don't finish it, you just throw it away.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. ooh    chí    pay    kanípthiithtih   
    ooh    soon    this    I.am.going.to.finish.it   
    “Oh, I'm going to finish it.”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. xas    axákyaan    upvíikroov    ta'ítam    upthíthaheen   
    then    twice    she.wove.around.twice    so    she.finished.it   
    And she wove around twice, then she finished it
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. chêech    ík    vúra    kupthítheesh   
    quickly    must    Intensive    you.finish.weaving   
    "You must finish weaving quickly."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  8. xás    chêech    kunípthith   
    then    quickly    they.finished.weaving   
    And they quickly finished weaving.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  9. nuu        núpthith    panunúpxaan   
    we    PERF    we.finished.weaving    our.caps   
    We've finished weaving our caps."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  10. xás    xuntápan    kunipêer    hûut    iim    u'íinati    kúth    papu'ipthíthaheen    pamípxaan   
    then    acorn    they.told.her    how    2sg.    it.is.wrong    because.of    that.you.did.not.finish.weaving    your.cap   
    And they said to Tan Oak Acorn, "What's the matter with you that you didn't finish weaving your cap?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  11. kári    xás    patóo    pthith    kári    xás    upiip        nípthith   
    then    then    when.she.has    finish.weaving    then    then    she.said    PERF    I.finished.weaving   
    And when she finished weaving, then she said, "I've finished weaving."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  12. kári    xás    pakunípthith    kári    xás    axváha    kuniyvúruk   
    then    then    they.finished.weaving    then    then    pitch    they.rubbed.it   
    And when they finished weaving, they smeared it with pitch.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text