šápni

Definition:

Ask.

Examples:

  1. ku aw kú išápniya ‘and then he asked’;
  2. šápniyamaš ‘I asked you’;
  3. aw kú pášapniya ‘then he asked him’;
  4. ášapnišaaš Šklúumna ‘I am asking Shkluum’;
  5. kuš kʷɨ́nki pašápnišana ‘and they were asking me about that’;
  6. ku aw kú iwiyášapniša ‘and then he is asking on the way’;
  7. wiyánawiyawašamaš šápniyanat ‘I am coming to ask you’.

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[NP /sépn̓i/; Aoki 1994:543 analyzes as /sép-/ ’cause’ plus /pn̓i/ ’emerge’.]