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íshupish / íshupishrih- (shaman) to show, to display (a disease object, in the process of curing)
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lexicon ID #3134 | revised Feb 03 2015
íshupish / íshupishrih- • V • (shaman) to show, to display (a disease object, in the process of curing)
| Derivation: | ishup-ish |
| hold.up-down |
Source: WB 733, p.352
Note: Cf. ikshup 'to point'.
- xás kári poo'íshupish pa'arátaanva, xás papreacher muhrooha'îin kun'áveep pa'arátaanva. And when (the shaman) displayed the pain, the preacher's wife took the pain away from her. [Reference: WB T67.8]
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xás kári p-oo-'íshupish pa-'arátaanva xás pa-preacher mu-hrooha-'íin kun-áveep pa-'arátaanva then then NOMZ-3s(>3)-show.(of.shaman) the-disease then the-preacher 3sPOSS-wife-TOPIC 3pl(>3s)-take.away.from the-disease So when (the doctor) displaying the 'pain,' then the preacher's wife took the pain away from her. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text