Ararahih'urípih
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tápas real; most

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5654 | revised Dec 26 2015

tápas • ADJ • real; most

Derivatives (13; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1309, p.383

Note: Cf. -tâapas 'most'.

  • vúrava tookréemyah, tapas'ikréemyah. There was a real wind blowing. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 024]

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  1. kúna vúra patapasihêeraha uum kúnish axváhahar, tíikyan ár uxváhahiti patu'áffishahaak patapasihêeraha.
    But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  2. vúrava tóo kréemyah tapas'ikréemyah.
    There was a real wind blowing.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  3. kíri naa vúra kích yaas'arara'îin na'áamti káru tápas neekyâavish."
    May Mankind eat me alone and take care of me!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  4. kári xás uxus, " xâatik tápas nikyáavunaa."
    And he thought, "Let me take care of them."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. kári xás pamakáyvaas vaa kích tápas kuníkyav.
    And they kept only the cloth.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text