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

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-sap closing up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5304 | revised May 20 2013

-sap • SUFF • closing up

Derivatives (4)
ikrúpsap "to sew together"
imyáhsap "to become suffocated"
sivsháapsur "to become unplugged"
sivshap "plug, seal up"

  • imyáhsap to suffocate [Reference: WB files]

Sentence examples (7)

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  1. xás uxús " chími panini'afupchúrax chími kanipshivshâapi."
    And he thought, "Let me seal up my anus."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás pamu'afupchúrax vaa kumûuk upsívshap.
    And he sealed up his anus with that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. tá íp nipshívshaapat panini'afupchúrax."
    I've sealed up my anus."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. hinupáy íp pa'axváha mûuk upsívshaapat hinupáy vaa poo'iinkútih.
    There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. xás " chími kanipshivshápvaani."
    So (he said), "Let me plug myself up."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. xás upsívshap.
    Then (the water) closed up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  7. xás pakáan kunvíitma, usívshaapsur pa'íshaha.
    And when they paddled to there, the water opened.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text