Ararahih'urípih
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tháfipship / tháfipshipriv- to eat up everything

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lexicon ID #5854 | revised Dec 29 2015

tháfipship / tháfipshipriv- • V • to eat up everything

Derivation:  tháfip-sip  (= tha-fip-sip)
devour-up  (= tha--completely-up)

  • xás ta'ítam u'ávaheen pamukun'ikrívkir káru pamukunpatúmkir, xás uthafipshîip. And so he ate their chairs and their pillows, and he ate up everything. [Reference: WB 4.130]

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  1. xás uthafipshîip.
    He ate them all up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text