Ararahih'urípih
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ip / ípa recent past time, e.g. this morning

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lexicon ID #2671 | revised Oct 31 2014

ip / ípa PCL • recent past time, e.g. this morning

Source: WB 635, p.347

Note: The alternant ípa occurs in certain environments. Cf. mit 'past' (e.g. yesterday).

  • ta'íp kunipêerat. They told him (this morning). [Reference: JPH ethno ?:380]


Sentence examples (80)


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  1. káruma tá íp kunpikyaarat paxuun.
    Already they had cooked the acorn mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. xas upíip, "páy xas íp napakyâat."
    And he answered, "Oh! I just had luck with it, that's all!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. xas upíip, "vup'áfiv tákurukrivan hitíhaan íp napáknitsurunat."
    And the old man answered, "I pulled if off out of the back of my neck where the hair is so curly, you know."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. xas kun'ipêer, "papihníich íp nik nuxusat tharampukayaa'íshara."
    Then one of them said, "Old man, we have been thinking about what a good cook you are!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  5. aayâach kun'ixviphûunishti íp pa'úthvoonhitihat va'íhuk, tá kun'ithyúruvarak, pamútraax kich kun'áaphutih.
    That was because they were mad at him because he had wanted to dance. They they dragged him down, they were just carrying him (by) the arms".
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  6. íp vúra nik nixútihat, kíri nivik ítam, pâanpay tá na'ûuriha.
    I'm always thinking I'll weave, then I get lazy.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. íp niyrúhat kunish, á'.
    I'd kinda rolled it up.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. víri vaa mu'íffuth pirishkyâarim ta 'íp uum máruk, kúkkuum kári vaa kunkúpha'anik peekxaréeyav, atipimámvaan achvúun xákkaan kunváththêen'nik.
    Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  9. káruma íp íshpuk upachnútantihat.
    He was going to suck dentalia, he was on the way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  10. íp nimáhat pamiheerahappírish.
    I saw your good for nothing tobacco weeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  11. papúsihich íp tu'ávat.
    The cat just ate.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  12. xúun íp ni'av.
    I ate acorn soup.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  13. xúun íp ni'ávat.
    I ate acorn soup.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  14. puxích íp neekvúrishrihat máh’iit payêem uum yáv nipmahóonkoonatih.
    I was tired this morning, but now I am feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-04) | read full text
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  15. máh’iit tá néep neekvúrishrihat.
    I was tired this morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-04) | read full text
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  16. máh’iit íp naxúrihitihat payêem uum punaxúrihitihara.
    I was hungry this morning, but now I am not hungry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  17. máh’iit íp naxúrihitihat.
    I was hungry this morning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-05) | read full text
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  18. púsihich íp îikam uvâaram.
    The cat left.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  19. ipít íp îikam pûuvish utháaniv.
    Yesterday there was a bag outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  20. ipít íp pûuvish îikam utháaniv.
    Yesterday there was a bag outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  21. ipít íp îikam pachíshiih úkrii.
    There was a dog outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  22. vaa káan íp nikvêeshrihat peekrívraamak.
    I stayed the night at that house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  23. íp nimáhat pa'ávansa.
    I saw the man.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  24. pa'ávansa íp nimáhat Orleans úkrii.
    I saw the man who lives in Orleans.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  25. pa'ávansa Orleans úkrii îin íp namáhat.
    The man who lives in Orleans saw me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  26. pa'ávansa Orleans úkrii íp îin namáhat.
    The man who lives in Orleans saw me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  27. vaa íp nichuphûunishti pa'ávansa.
    I talked to that man.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text
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  28. ipít íp îikam pa'achnaat úkrii.
    There was a rat outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  29. ipít íp îikam úkrii pa'achnaat.
    There was a rat outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  30. ipít íp îikam pa'ákviish ukrêet.
    There was a bobcat outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  31. ipít íp îikam pa'ákviish úkrii.
    There was a bobcat outside yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  32. vaa íp káan ukyamîichvutih xás tóo kxip.
    He was playing there but he flew (away).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  33. pavírusur íp nimah.
    I saw the bear.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  34. naa íp niyúfishhat papufích'iish.
    I put salt on the deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  35. You know, xás vaa ip máath poo'áhoo.
    You know, it was heavy to carry.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  36. vaa vúra ip pa'aapúnmuti vaa vúra kich vaa kuméekrii.
    We only knew that kind of living.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  37. íp poo'íf xás vúra vaa ikpíhan.
    Growing up he was strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  38. íp peevôonfuruk íp kúnish vaa ifuráthfiptih.
    It seemed like you were cranky when you came in.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  39. íp u'áasishrihat.
    She lay down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  40. íp u'áasishriheen kúnish vaa puyáv ipmahóonkoonatihara.
    She laid down, she wasn't feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  41. íp poovôonfuruk uksáahtih.
    When she came in the house she was laughing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  42. ipít ip máruk uvâaramat.
    He went uphill yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  43. papúsihich vúra uum taay ip u'ávat ipit.
    The cat ate a lot yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about a cat (VS-34b) | read full text
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  44. papúsihich ip taay tu'ávat.
    The cat has already eaten a lot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about a cat (VS-34b) | read full text
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  45. pûuhara, papúsihich ip taay tu'ávat.
    No, the cat as already eaten a lot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about a cat (VS-34b) | read full text
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  46. ipít ip nikyámiichva.
    Yesterday I was playing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  47. yeee! káruma íp nípaat ' tu'áhooheen pihnêefich.'
    Well! I said Coyote had come!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  48. tá íp nipshívshaapat panini'afupchúrax."
    I've sealed up my anus."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  49. 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
  50. xás íp táay áan usáanvutihat, káruma vaa íp uvúpareeshat pamúspuk.
    He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  51. kári xás kunpíip pa'îin kun'áharamutih, " naa nipêesh ' vaa pa'ípa ikmaháchraam kúkreenhat.'"
    Then the ones chasing him said, "I'll bet that was him who was in the sweathouse."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  52. kári xás vaa káan xás utníshukva tée p u'aramsîiprihvarak.
    And when he looked out there, he had already come down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  53. xás pihnêefich u'aachíchha, xás upíip " kúnish íp nípaat pamú'aan uum káan úkyiimeesh."
    And Coyote was glad, and he said, "I sort of said his string would reach there!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  54. xás pihnêefich uum tá íp káruk u'árihroovat.
    And Coyote went upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  55. káruma íp uum tóo yuunkat ahtúun pamufithih'ípan.
    He had put oak bark in his toes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  56. chavúra koovúra ixráam upikyafipáyaachha, pa'ípa kóo kinpáxeepat.
    Finally he won back all the stakes, as much as they had won away.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  57. xás upiip, " uumkun tée p kun'ákunvarat."
    And he said, "They've gone hunting."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  58. pa'arákaas íp îin kinípeerat, ' kiik'íchunvi.'
    The old man told us to hide.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  59. víri íp nuxúsaat ' vaa kukupá'aapunmaheesh,' vaa íp kúth panupaathrámnihat pa'ásipak."
    We thought you would know it in that way, that's why we threw them in the baskets."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  60. yiimúsich úhyiivti " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
    Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  61. kúkuum vúra úhyiv " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
    Again he shouted, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  62. xás kunthítiv, sáruk úhyiivtih " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
    Then they heard him, he was shouting downhill, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  63. vúrava kári úhyiivti " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
    He was still shouting like that, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  64. ôok íp nithítiimtihat póoxaaktih.
    Formerly I heard them sounding from here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  65. 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
  66. yakún táay vúra íp úmkaanvat.
    You see, she gathered a lot.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  67. kári xás kun'áv papúufich, niinamíchmahich kun'av, ipa u'áxupfurukat.
    Then they ate the deer, they ate a little bit of each, which he had brought in dressed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  68. íp kanéepeerat ' xáyfaat ôok inaa'."
    They told me, 'Don't go up there.'"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  69. ayu'âach pa'ifápiit tée p xákaan kunikvéeshrihat.
    It is because he spent the night with the girl.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  70. vírusur uum tá íp u'ípakat.
    Bear had already come back home.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  71. váa kúuk ukvíripma pa'ípa unhíshriihvat pa'áthiith.
    She ran there where she had tied the hazel branches.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  72. kári xás upiip, " áp ná'aathvat, víri tá ni'ípak."
    And she said, "I was afraid, so I came back."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  73. xás uthvuyâanati ípa kóo kunípeerat " ikvan."
    And he was naming all that they had told him to buy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  74. xás koovúra tupipshinvárihva péethvuy, ípa kunípeerat " ikvan."
    And he forgot all the names that they had told him to buy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  75. tée p ás upárishat.
    They had already heated rocks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text
  76. káruk íp nifyúkutihat ítam.
    Earlier today I was going around upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text
  77. xás ipvárakirak panini'ahtákni pamuyukúku íp umátnuusat.
    And on the way back down from upriver, my tire burst.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text