Ararahih'urípih
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kípa like, sort of

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3850 | revised Aug 22 2005

kípa PCL • like, sort of

Derivatives (5)
aaskípach "wet"
aaxkípach "bloody"
íishkipach "naked"
ishvakípish "knobcone pine"
-kípach "characterized by"

Source: WB 884, p.360

Note: Pron. with single -p-.

  • vaa vúra kúnish kunkupeethxúpahiti kípa vúra murukmûuk takunithxúpahaak sipnúkaamak. They sort of cover (a tobacco basket) just like they cover a big storage basket with a plate basket. [Reference: TK 106.28]
  • ávansa kípa uum vuup ucháfichti. A man only chews on the neck (meat). [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 022]


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  1. xas upíip, "pûuhara, ávansa kípa ûum vúup ucháfichtih."
    But he answered, "No indeed! Men always chew the neck!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. vúup kich kípa nicháfichtih."
    The neck is what I want to chew!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. hãã víri vaa hûutva kípa hûutva kupakupháheesh, tá naséey.
    How would I do that? I don't know.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. xánpuut kípa fâat pamúpxaan káru xánthiip.
    Maul Oak and Black Oak had beautiful caps.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  5. chavúra kun'uum, vúra uum yâamach peethívthaaneen, kípa thúkin.
    Finally they arrived, the country was beautiful and green.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text