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kip just, only; as if
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3849 | revised Nov 07 2005
kip • PCL • just, only; as if
- vaa kíp pu'ípararahara, taay kíp ukupavêenahiti. He (Coyote) is just not reliable, he just does lots of tricks. [Reference: WB T2.27]
- páy kúnish kupîimach kip, poothivnurukúrihti kip. It's as though that were so close to here, as it used to be roaring. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 235]
Sentence examples (5)
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xás nixúti,
vaa páy kip Violet ukupíti,
the whole thing,
vaa too sáankuri,
púxay vúra fikríiptihara.
And I thought, "This is the way Violet does it, the whole thing, she puts it in, she doesn't sort them out."Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play -
vaa kíp pu'ípararahara,
taay kíp ukupavêenahitih."
That one is just not reliable, he just does lots of tricks."Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
xás uxúti "
vaa kíp kôok uvíshvaanti xathímtas."
And he thought, "He just likes that kind, roasted grasshoppers."Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
kári xás uxus,
" tá ná'aathva kip nusúmahtih."
And (the one who remained) thought, "I'm afraid; we've been hearing some noise."Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text