Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)
press, to press down
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. | |
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| wa-tʰe a-bi-saⁿ-te ko-ta di-ha-knaⁿ da (watʰ� �bisątte k�ta dih�kną d�) | Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore |
| dress - push/press down on - that, there - take off, remove garment - go, command |
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
- a-bi-saⁿ-te (�bisątte) - catch by pressing on; hold down, e.g., on his back; lie on something, a-pi-saⁿ-te ( �ppisątte) - I hold down, a-shpi-saⁿ-te (�pisątte) - you hold down, oⁿ-ka-pi-saⁿ-ta-we (ǫk�pisąttawe ) - we hold down (RR-Quapaw)
- a-bi-saⁿ-te-zhi (�bisątt�i) - press down on, weight, hold down, a-bi-saⁿ-te a-zhi (�bisątte a�i) - I press down on, a-bi-saⁿ-te da-zhi (�bisątte da�i) - you press down, a-bisaⁿ-te oⁿ-zhi-we (�bisątte ǫ��we) - we press down on (RR-Quapaw)
- a-bi-soⁿ-dse (�-bi-�oⁿ-dse) - to press to the ground, a-pi-soⁿ-dse (�-pi-�oⁿ-dse) - I pressed it to the ground, a-shpi-soⁿ-dse (�-shpi-�oⁿ-dse) - you pressed it to the ground, oⁿ-ga-ba-soⁿ-dsa i (oⁿ�-ga-ba �oⁿ-dsa i) - we pressed it to the ground (FL-Osage)
- wa-bi-soⁿ-dse (w�-bi-�oⁿ-dse) - to press or hold to the ground, as an animal to prevent its escape, a-ʰpi-soⁿ-dse (�-p̣i-�oⁿ-dse) - I prevented the animal from escaping, a-shpi-soⁿ-dse (�-shpi-�oⁿ-dse) - you prevented the animal from escaping, oⁿ-ga-ba soⁿ-dsa i (oⁿ′-ga-ba �oⁿ-dsa i) - we prevented the animal from escaping (FL-Osage)
- a-pi-saⁿ (�pisą) - mash, push down on, shut, close, hold down (CQ-Osage)
- a-bu-saⁿ-je (ábusaⁿje) - press down on with the hands, as in catching a bird or rabbit, to press or bear hard on, as with a chair leg, to run and jump on something, wrestle, a-pu-saⁿ-je (�pusaⁿje) - I press down on, a-shpu-saⁿ-je (�shpusaⁿje) - you press down on, a-bu-saⁿ-je (�busaⁿje) - he/she/it press down on, aⁿ-ga-bu-saⁿ-da-be (aⁿgábusaⁿdabe) - we press down on, a-shpu-saⁿ-da-be (áshpusaⁿdabe) - you all press down on, a-bu-saⁿ-da-be (ábusaⁿdabe) - they press down on (Kanza)