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ishpuk / ishpuka- dentalium shells (used as money); money; gold
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lexicon ID #3054 | revised Oct 31 2014
ishpuk / ishpuka- • N • dentalium shells (used as money); money; gold
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Source: WB 716, p.351; JPH ani 15:765
- vúra ishpukamúrax. He was covered with money. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 339]
- pishîich peeshpúk nipachnúteesh. First I will suck the dentalia. [Reference: KT 135b.30]
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itnoopámahich ník kana-'êeh xás váa káru vúra pa-'íshpuk púva-xay kana-'êeh-ap káruma chími-heesh itha-kûusrah véenik mit pa-ni-ykára-naa-t five.each a.little 3pl>1s-give then so also Intensive the-dentalium.shells not.yet-not 3pl>1s-give-INV in.fact soon-FUT one-sun ago near.past NOMZ-1s(>3)-beat-PL-PAST They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textyanava u-spúka-hi-ti kaan visible 3s(>3)-dentalium.shells-DENOM-DUR there I found there was gold there. Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full textkâan xas kêech-as p-éeshpuk cháavura áxxak ni-mma there then big-PL the-dentalium.shells finally two 1s(>3)-see And right there I found two big gold nuggets. Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full textxás úum vúra hitíhaan p-oo-pí-tih "kahyúras ni-vâaram-eesh íshpuk ni-pachnútar-eesh then 3.SG Intensive always NOMZ-3s(>3)-say-DUR "Klamath.Lakes 1s(>3)-go-FUT dentalium.shells 1s(>3)-go.to.suck-FUT Then he (Coyote) said all the time: "I am going to go to the Klamath Lakes to suck out dentalia." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textkáruma íp íshpuk u-pachnútan-tih-at in.fact PAST dentalium.shells 3s(>3)-go.to.suck-DUR-PAST He was going to suck dentalia, he was on the way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textnaa íshpuk tá ni-pachnutar 1sg. dentalium.shells PERF 1s(>3)-go.to.suck "I am going to suck dentalia." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textpúfaat naní-shpuk nothing 1sPOSS-dentalium.shells I don't have any money. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkári xás u-piip hôoy i-máah-ti p-eeshpuk then then 3s(>3)-say where 2s(>3)-see-DUR the-dentalium.shells And he said, "Where do you find the money?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textvaa p-eeshpúk ni-kyâar-eesh íf tá ni-tápkuup so the-dentalium.shells 1s(>3)-go.gather-FUT truly PERF 1s(>3)-like I will go get that money, I have really taken a liking to it." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás u-'árihroov áan ithá-'iithva an-tunvêech vaa p-oo-vúpar-eesh p-eeshpuk then then 3s(>3)-go.upriver string one-packload string-small.(pl.) so NOMZ-3s(>3)-string.beads.with-FUT the-dentalium.shells And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textvúra vaa t-oo xus pu-na-'ísh-eesh-ara naa ishpúk ni-kyâan-tih Intensive so PERF-3s(>3) think NEG-1s(>3)-drink-FUT-NEG 1sg. dentalium.shells 1s(>3)-go.gather-DUR He thought like that, "I won't drink, I'm going to get money." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkáruma kahyúras ishpúk ni-kyâan-tih in.fact Klamath.Lakes dentalium.shells 1s(>3)-go.gather-DUR I'm going to get money at Klamath Lakes." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textu-p-ipshinvárihva p-eeshpúk káruk u-kyâan-tih 3s(>3)-ITER-forget NOMZ-dentalium.shells upriver 3s(>3)-go.gather-DUR He forgot that he was going upriver to get money. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás u-xús-aanik chími káruk ishpúk kan-ikyâan kahyúras then then 3s(>3)-think-ANC soon upriver dentalium.shells 1s(>3)-go.gather Klamath.Lakes And he thought, "Let me go upriver to get money at Klamath Lakes!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkáruk ishpúk u-kyâar-anik upriver dentalium.shells 3s(>3)-go.gather-ANC He went upriver to get money. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textpihnêefich uum ishpuk-éekyav t-óo thvoonha coyote 3.SG dentalium.shells-making PERF-3s(>3) be.eager.(to.do) Coyote wanted to make money. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás u-píip kahyúras tá ni-vâaram ishpúk tá ni-kyáar then 3s(>3)-say Klamath.Lakes PERF 1s(>3)-go dentalium.shells PERF 1s(>3)-go.gather And he said, "I'm leaving for Klamath Lakes, I'm going to make money." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textkahyúras ni-vâaram-eesh ishpúk ni-kyâar-eesh Klamath.Lakes 1s(>3)-go-FUT dentalium.shells 1s(>3)-go.gather-FUT "I'll leave for Klamath Lakes, I'll go make money." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás íp táay áan u-sáanvu-tih-at káruma vaa íp u-vúpar-eesh-at pa-mú-spuk then PAST much string 3s(>3)-carry.(things)-DUR-PAST in.fact that PAST 3s(>3)-string.beads.with-FUT-PAST the-3sPOSS-dentalium.shells He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textpihnêefich u-xus tîi kahyúras kan-vâaram-i ishpúk kan-ikyáan coyote 3s(>3)-think let... Klamath.Lakes 1s(>3)-go-IMPER dentalium.shells 1s(>3)-go.gather Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes, let me go get money." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkahyúras ni-vâaramu-tih ishpúk ni-kyâan-tih Klamath.Lakes 1s(>3)-go-DUR dentalium.shells 1s(>3)-go.gather-DUR I'm going to Klamath Lakes, I'm going to get money." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkári xás u-piip naa kahyúras ni-vâaramu-tih ishpúk ni-kyâan-tih then then 3s(>3)-say 1sg. Klamath.Lakes 1s(>3)-go-DUR dentalium.shells 1s(>3)-go.gather-DUR And he said, "I'm going to Klamath Lakes, I'm going to get money. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkoovúra pa-niní-shaanva ishpúk kam-ikxúrikar-ahi-ti káru fúrax all the-1sPOSS-carry.(things) dentalium.shells 3s(>3)-decorate.with-ESS-DUR also woodpecker.head Let all my clothes be decorated with money and woodpecker heads!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textkári p-eeshpúk tá kin-'éeh then the-dentalium.shells PERF 3pl>3pl-give Then (the whites) gave them money (i.e., coins). Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text