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piip (variant ipi) to say
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4823 | revised Jul 06 2005
piip • V • to say
Variant ipi (lexicon ID #7810): Used with the durative suffix -ti(h)
Derivatives (2)
ipêesh "will say (future tense)"
ipíti "to be saying"
Source: WB 1144, p.374
Note: Some forms of this verb are irregular, e.g. ipíti 'to be saying'; ipaat 'said'; ipáheen 'had said'; ipáanik 'said long ago', pêesh 'will say'. The stem by itself also sometimes has the form ipiip, e.g. kunpiip or kunipiip 'they say.'
- xás upiip, uum vúra páy chu'íveesh. And he said, This one is going to die. [Reference: Violet's Dog, Line 2.]
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