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Part of speech

verb ii 21

Definition

it is dry, is arid; (meat, fruit) it is dried

Verb Forms

Verb Stem:
kispahte-
Changed Verb Stem:
kispahte-, kespahte-

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Kispahtek nmocehsumol, ntahcuwi-ketekhucul. When my clothes have dried, I have to take them off the clothesline.
'Toliyaman Cihkonaqcol naka kespahtek wiyuhs 'toli-wolaqihpiniya; nit toqi-te 'kisi-nisuwiniya. She goes to Turtle and they eat an evening meal of dried meat, and so the couple is married. (LM)
Ki, eci-milikok, iyey, sakhiptaq kispahtek cuspesey, kosona nahaht-te nehpahtaq cuspesey. Wow, he'd show up with so many pieces of dried porpoise meat, or porpoise meat from his recent kill. (RM)
On 'kisehtun-otehna sipul kispahte. And he made the rivers run dry. (RC)

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Alberta
word Dolly
example Alberta
example Dolly
example Dolly
example Dolly