iron clothes, to press

 

a-bi-saⁿ-te (ábisątte)

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 (ábisąttéži)

press down on, weight, hold down (RR-Quapaw)

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Go iron your dress.  

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

wa-tʰe  a-bi-saⁿ-te  ko-ta  di-ha-knaⁿ  da  (watʰé ábisątte kóta dihákną dá)

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 (ábisątte) - catch by pressing on; hold down, e.g., on his back; lie on something, a-pi-saⁿ-te (áppisątte) - I hold down, a-shpi-saⁿ-te (ášpisątte) - you hold down, oⁿ-ka-pi-saⁿ-ta-we (ǫkápisąttawe) - we hold down (RR-Quapaw)
  • a-bi-saⁿ-te-zhi (ábisąttéži) - press down on, weight, hold down, a-bi-saⁿ-te a-zhi (ábisątte aži) - I press down on, a-bi-saⁿ-te da-zhi (ábisątte daži) - you press down, a-bisaⁿ-te oⁿ-zhi-we (ábisątte ǫžíwe) - we press down on (RR-Quapaw)
  • a-bi-soⁿ-dse (á-bi-çoⁿ-dse) - to press to the ground, a-pi-soⁿ-dse (á-pi-çoⁿ-dse) - I pressed it to the ground, a-shpi-soⁿ-dse (á-shpi-çoⁿ-dse) - you pressed it to the ground, oⁿ-ga-ba-soⁿ-dsa i (oⁿ´-ga-ba çoⁿ-dsa i) - we pressed it to the ground (FL-Osage)
  • a-bi-saⁿ-je (ábisaⁿje), a-bu-saⁿ-je (ábusaⁿje) - press down on, wrestle (Kanza)