verb ii 22
it happens thus
Verb Stem:
litpiya-
Preverb:
-tpiya- (with other initials)
Changed Verb Stem:
elitpiya-

Keywords

happen

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Kat-al-ote keq litpiyew. Nothing's happening.
Toke weckuwi-macekuhtihtit ma-te keq kcicihtuhtiwiyik tan litpiyess mecimiw; komac-oc yut wicuhkemkuniya, tehpu kisi-'sotomuhtit keq itomuwiw. Nowadays when they grow up they don't know anything about what happened in the past; it would help them a lot if they could understand what it means. (RM)
Elitpiyak. The way it happened. The way it turned out.
Litpiye neke, wikuhpon Princeton, naka eci-sikte-pawatomuwat nuhkomoss 'tapaciyalin Sipayik. It happened then, when she was living in Princeton, and my grandmother wanted very much for her to come back to Sipayik. (GR)

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