Ararahih'urípih
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itshîip / itshîipriv- to look up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3425 | revised Feb 22 2015

itshîip / itshîipriv- • V • to look up

Derivation:  it-sip
look-up

  • yiimúsich vúra utsîipriv. From a long ways off, she looks up. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 184]
  • yiimúsich vúra utsîiprin. He looks from some distance off. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 015]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. yiimúsich    tóo    tsîip   
    little.ways.off    he.had    look.up   
    He looked off a little ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. asa'urúh'iivreen    upitshîiprin   
    placename    he.started.to.see.it   
    He caught sight of it at asa'urúh'iivreen (a hill near Katimin).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  3. yiimúsich    vúra    utsîip    pamukun'ikrívraam   
    little.ways.off    Intensive    he.caught.sight.of.it    their.house   
    He saw their house a little ways off.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text