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yêepsha good (plural)
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lexicon ID #7066 | revised Feb 09 2016
yêepsha • ADJ • good (plural) Variant: yêepshas.
| Derivation: | yav ip-sa |
| good ip-PL |
Derivative (1)
ifyayêepsha "such good ones"
Source: WB 1665, p.400
- payêepsha kuma'áraaras xás káan kunifyúkutih. The best kind of people then go around there. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 112]
- yêepsha uumkun. They are good people. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 346]
Sentence examples (6)
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ipansúnukich vaa káan payêepsha,
ikpíhan peehêeraha,
kunish ár u'iftakankôoti,
vaa peheerahayêepsha káanvári.
Toward the top they are good leaves, it is strong tobacco, like it would stick to a person, they are good tobacco leaves that side.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text -
imustihayêepsha káru akúnvaansa.
They were good-looking and (good) hunters.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
pakúnish itharípriik vaa uum káan saripyêepshas.
The best hazel twigs are those where it is sort of a fir forest.Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text -
vaa kumá'ii payêepshas pasárip itharípriik,
aayâach vaa uum vâaramsas káru xúnutich.
The hazel twigs are good in the fir forest for this reason, it is because they are long and flexible.Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text -
xás pamukunyafusayêepsha vúra uum yâamach ukyâahahitih.
And their good dresses were made pretty.Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text