Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)

iron clothes, to press

a-bi-saⁿ-te (�bisątte)

catch by pressing on; hold down, e.g., on his back; lie on something (RR-Quapaw)

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a-bi-saⁿ-te-zhi (�bisątt�i)

press down on, weight, hold down (RR-Quapaw)

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Go iron your dress. Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
wa-tʰe a-bi-saⁿ-te ko-ta di-ha-knaⁿ da (watʰ� �bisątte k�ta dih�kną d�)
dress - push/press down on - that, there - take off, remove garment - go, command

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