Ararahih'urípih
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ipxúuspa / ipxúuspu- to realize what one is doing; to be sober, to return to one's senses, to sober up (after having been drunk)

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lexicon ID #2879 | revised Jan 22 2015

ipxúuspa / ipxúuspu- • V • to realize what one is doing; to be sober, to return to one's senses, to sober up (after having been drunk)

Derivation:  ip-xúus-ha  (= ip-xúus-ha)
ITER be.sane  (= ITER thought-DENOM)

Source: WB 1638.1.2.1, p.399

  • víri poo'av, hínupa vúra tutháfip, xás ífuth xás úpxuuspa. And when he ate, then he devoured it before he knew it. [Reference: WB T23.18]

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  1. víri póo'av, hínupa vúra tutháfip, xás ífuth xás úpxuuspa.
    When he ate it, he devoured it (all), and (only) afterwards did he realize it.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text