Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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pípas to take (a person) home

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4951 | revised Aug 23 2005

pípas • V • to take (a person) home

  • xâatik vúra nipípas. Let me just take him home. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 004]

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  1. xás    nipiip    puu    xâatik    vúra    nipípas   
    then    I.said    no    it's.better    Intensive    I.take.him.home   
    And I said, "No, let me just take him home.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  2. xás    kunpiip    chimi    nupíkaan    chimi    ôok    kumeethívthaaneen    nupípasramnihi   
    then    they.said    soon    let's.go.get.her    soon    here    its.world    let's.bring.her.back.in   
    And they said, "Let's go get her, let's bring her back into this world!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  3. púyava    ôok    upípasramnihanik    papúufich   
    you.see    here    he.once.brought.her.back.in    the.deer   
    So he brought Deer back here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  4. upípasrup    pamu'aramah   
    he.took.him.home.downriverward    his.child   
    He took his child back home.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text