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kêemish / keemisha- something supernaturally dangerous, a devil, a monster; poison; a wild animal
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lexicon ID #3794 | revised Oct 31 2014
kêemish / keemisha- • N • something supernaturally dangerous, a devil, a monster; poison; a wild animal
Derivatives (4)
kêemish "deceased person"
keemisháaxiich "halfbreed child (obsolete term)"
kêemishaha "to be poisonous"
keemishatunvêech "little wild animals"
Source: WB 868.3, p.360
- pakôokaninay vúra vakêemishas îin kunípaanik ... The Savage Ones of every place used to say ... [Reference: TK 255.14]
- kêemish kun'ákihanik. They fed him poison. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 012]
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I have to be like fâat kuma-kêemish p-oo-'iithvú-tih-anik fâatva I have to be like what 3sPOSS-something.dangerous ITER-3s(>3)-pack-DUR-ANC something I'll be like ... some kind of animal to pack them, something ... Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playkáru hôoy akâayva 'îin kun kêemish kun-'áki-hanik kéemish u-'áv-anik also where anyone TOPIC 3pl(>3s) something.dangerous 3pl(>3s)-give.(things).to-ANC something.dangerous 3s(>3)-eat-ANC "And somewhere, someone, they ... they fed him poison, he ate poison." Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textvaa kumá'ii pa-xáas t-u-'iv pu-'uum vúra fâat kuma-kêemish áam-tih-an so because.of NOMZ-almost PERF-3s(>3)-die NEG-3.SG Intensive what 3sPOSS-something.dangerous eat-DUR-Participial "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison." Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textxás ú-peen-ti îim ôok keemisha-'îin i-'áv-eesh-ap then 3s(>3)-say.to-DUR outdoors here something.dangerous-TOPIC 2s(>3)-eat-FUT-INV And he told (the person sweating), "A monster outside here is going to eat you." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkoovúra pa-keemisha-tunvêech-as kun-piip xâatik yíchaach nu-'êerahi-ti all the-something.dangerous-small.(pl.)-PL 3pl(>3s)-say it's.better together 1pl(>3)-store.food-DUR All the little wild animals said, "Let's store our food together." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full textta'ítam koovúra pa-keemisha-tunvêech-as kun-ikyáviichvu-naa yukún vaa káan kun-pávyiihm-eesh pa-t-u-píshyaavpa so all the-something.dangerous-small.(pl.)-PL 3pl(>3s)-work-PL you.see that there 3pl(>3s)-go.back.to.(pl.)-FUT NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-be.winter So all the little wild animals worked, you see they were going to come back there when it was winter. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full textkin-ípeen-ti kêemish pa-'apxantínihich-as 3pl>3pl-say.to-DUR something.dangerous the-white.man-PL They were told that the white men were devils. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text