verb ai 3 (2)
(man, boy) he is brave
Plural:
kinapiyultuwok
Verb Stem:
-kinapiyi-, kinapihi-

Notes

(use 2 for conjunct forms; compare kinapesqiyiw)

Keywords

brave

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Kinapiyiw naci-cuspesket 'qotuhkayiw. He is brave to go porpoise-hunting alone.
Etuci-kinapiyihtit. Nuhsuhkuwaniya; katama spahkusiwiyik, katama 'cileyuwawiwal; tehpu wihqonawa nahsilcakon Laks. Bravely they take off after Laks. They are unarmed, so they do not make a mark on him; they just take his gloves. (LM)
Ya, eci-kinapiyit naka 'toliyan 'samaqanihkuk, naka-na not cuspes, na nit 'taliyan. Nil-op nokatomon, 'sami-na nil ma nihtawhomu. Yes, he was so brave, and he went out on the water and that porpoise was around there. I'd be afraid to do that, because I don't know how to swim. (RR)
Komac kinapiyiw Polansuwe. Francis is very brave.

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