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Assiniboine Dictionary

Assiniboine pos English
moȟpá VT

to shoot off from a height, as a bird from a limb. or fruit in a tree, or a ram on a high ledge; to shoot down , as a bird in the air; to knock out of the air by shooting

Examples:
baǧų́de mowáȟpac FB: JE 2.235 (I shot a duck out of the air)
moȟpá iyéya fb: jm, es 14.111; ckt: kt 14.111 (to quickly knock over, as by shooting)
Paradigmatic Forms:
mowáȟpac I shot it off; I shot it down (1st sg subj)
moȟpác He shot it down; he shot it off (3rd sg subj)

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