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váfish liver
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lexicon ID #6411 | revised Nov 11 2005
váfish • N • liver
Derivative (1)
átvaaf "salmon liver"
Source: WB 1514, p.393
- chú pihnîich, páy miváfish. Here, old man, this is your liver (to eat)! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 021]
- mâa páy miváfish, pihnîich, chími vin. Here's your liver, old man, suck on it! [Reference: KT 144.21]
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xas kun-pavyíihfuruk xas kun-'ipêer "chu pihnîich pay mi-váfish then 3pl(>3s)-go.back.indoors.(pl.) then 3pl(>3s)-say.to "here! old.man this 2sPOSS-liver And then (the ten young men) came in, and they said, "Here, old man, here is your liver!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas u-pakúriihva "súnunuk á-ni-nak ki-yánee náa pu-váfish na-vishtan-tih-ara then 3s(>3)-sing.songs "secretly á-ni-nak ki-yánee 1sg. NEG-liver 1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR-NEG And he started singing, "In secret...Tra-la-la...I don't like liver. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxás kun-piip arákaas mâa páy pa-mi-váfish then 3pl(>3s)-say old.man look! this the-2sPOSS-liver And they said, "Old man, here! this is your liver. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textmâa páy pa-mi-váfish look! this the-2sPOSS-liver Here, this is your liver!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text