Ararahih'urípih
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ípas to bring, take (a person); to capture (as a slave)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2709 | revised Dec 17 2014

ípas • V • to bring, take (a person); to capture (as a slave)

Derivatives (7)
ípasapuh "slave (captured in war)"
ípasma "to bring (a person)"
ípasraa "to lead or take (a person or dog) uphill"
ípasramnih "to bring (a person) into"
ípasroov "to take (someone) upriver"
ípasrup "to take (a person) downriver"
ípasuk "to bring (a person) back"

Source: WB 648, p.348; JPH ethno ?:320

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  1. pananichishíh'anamahach itháan káruk nu'ípasroovat, káan úkrii chishih'aneekyáavaan.
    Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  2. " kanapípasroovi."
    "Take me back upriver!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. púyava uknamxánahich tá kunpípasma, kári xás kunipêer " chími túraayvi."
    Then they brought him to uknamxánahich, and they told him, "Look around!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  4. yakún sôomvaan chími u'ípasukeesh."
    He's going to bring home a new wife."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  5. kári xás siit upiip, " aaníhich chími u'ípakeesh, sôomvaan u'ípasukeesh."
    Then Mouse said, "Big brother is going to come back, he's going to bring home a new wife."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  6. kári xás siit upiip, " naa íp nipasúpiichvat pasôomvaan ti'ípasuk.
    Then Mouse said, "I revealed that you were bringing home a new wife.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  7. kári xás ikmaháchraam kúuk kunípasmanik.
    Then they brought her to the sweathouse.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  8. yáas uxúti " naa nixúti ' tá kun'ípas.'"
    Then she thought, "I think he's been taken."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text