Ararahih'urípih
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êev a greeting or term of address used by women to female intimates

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1274 | revised Nov 07 2014

êev • INTERJ • a greeting or term of address used by women to female intimates

Source: WB 346, p.332

Usage: females only.

  • kári xás upíip yítha pa'ifápiit, ii! íf êev sishanayâamach toosíinvar. And one young women said, "Alas, dear, pretty-one-with-a-penis has really drowned! [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 042]
  • xás upiip, yáxa, êev. And she said, "Look, dear." [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 094]

Sentence examples (7)


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  1. xás   u-piip   yáxa   éev  
    then   3s(>3)-say   look!   greeting.to.women  
    And she said, "Look, dear.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. xás   u-piip   oo   êev   chími   nú-taatripaa   pa-sah'áhup  
    then   3s(>3)-say   oh!   greeting.to.women   soon   1pl(>3)-hook.toward.land   the-driftwood  
    And (the other) said, "Oh, dear, let's hook the driftwood out!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. xás   u-piip   chími   êev   hôoy   kích   ahúp'anamahach  
    then   3s(>3)-say   soon   greeting.to.women   where   only   twig  
    And (one) said, "Come on, dear, where is a little stick?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   pa-'ifápiit-sha   kun-piip   chôora   êev   íshaha   nu-ktávan  
    then   then   the-young.unmarried.woman-PL   3pl(>3s)-say   let's.go   greeting.to.women   water   1pl(>3)-go.get.(in.hand)  
    And the young women said (to each other), "Let's go, dear, let's go get water."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   u-piip   yítha   pa-'ifápiit   ii!   íf   êev   sishanayâamach   t-óo   síinvar  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   one   the-young.unmarried.woman   oh!   truly   greeting.to.women   pretty.one.having.a.penis   PERF-3s(>3)   drown  
    And one young woman said, "Alas, dear, sishanayâamach has really drowned!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  6. íim   êev   hûum   kích   i-xú-tih  
    2sg.   greeting.to.women   is.that.so?   only   2s(>3)-think-DUR  
    What do you think, dear?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  7. xás   u-piip   ii!   naa   êev   káru   vúra   vaa   ni-xú-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-say   oh!   1sg.   greeting.to.women   also   Intensive   that   1s(>3)-think-DUR  
    And she said, "Alas, dear, I think so too."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text