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ishyâat King salmon, "spring salmon"
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lexicon ID #3177 | revised Feb 10 2015
ishyâat • N • King salmon, "spring salmon" Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (ITIS).
Literally: 'winter-salmon'
Derivation: | íshyaav áat |
winter salmon.sp. |
Source: WB 744.1, p.352
Note: JPH ethno ?:??? and ani 06:595 say: Term used for áama before the ceremony at Yu'tim'iin.
- chéemyaach ík vúra ishâat imshíinaavish. The spring salmon must shine upriver early. [Reference: KT 131.6]
- vaa kumûuk kuníhviithtiheesh peeshyâat, peethívthaaneen takunpikyâahaak. They will clean the spring salmon with that, when they fix the world. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 060]
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chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat i-mshîinaa-vish quickly must Intensive king.salmon 2s(>3)-shine.this.way.upriver-FUT Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither upriver. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textchéemyaach ík vúr ishyâat i-mshîinaa-vish quickly must Intensive king.salmon 2s(>3)-shine.this.way.upriver-FUT Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textchéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat i-mshîinaa-vish quickly must Intensive king.salmon 2s(>3)-shine.this.way.upriver-FUT Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full textishyâat ú-paanik yaas'ára vúra u-'aapúnmu-tih-eesh yakun pa-'îin yíth u-kupee-xák-ahi-tih-eesh pa-tá ni-p-ikrêe-haak nani-'îin king.salmon 3s(>3)-say.(ancient) rich.person Intensive 3s(>3)-know-DUR-FUT you.see the-falls other 3s(>3)-MODAL-make.noise-Modal-DUR-FUT NOMZ-PERF 1s(>3)-ITER-live-when 1sPOSS-falls Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls. Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full textchéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat i-mshîinaa-vish quickly must Intensive king.salmon 2s(>3)-shine.this.way.upriver-FUT Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river. Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full textchéemyaach ík vúr ishyâat i-mshîinnaa-vish quickly must Intensive king.salmon 2s(>3)-shine.this.way.upriver-FUT Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full textchéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat i-mshíinaa-vish quickly must Intensive king.salmon 2s(>3)-shine.this.way.upriver-FUT Shine upriver soon, Spring Salmon. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full textchéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat i-mshírihraa-vish quickly must Intensive king.salmon 2s(>3)-shine.this.way.upriver-FUT Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textkupánakanakana chêech ík vúra ishyâat imshírihraa-vish the.end quickly must Intensive king.salmon shine.this.way.upriver-FUT kupánakanakana. Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playvaa ku-mûuk kun-íhviith-tih-eesh p-eeshyâat p-eethívthaaneen tá kun-pikyâa-haak that 3sPOSS-with.(by.means.of) 3pl(>3s)-clean.fish-DUR-FUT the-king.salmon NOMZ-land PERF 3pl(>3s)-repair-when They will clean the spring salmon with that, when they fix the world. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text