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apsunmúnukich Western yellow-bellied racer (H)
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lexicon ID #446 | revised Sep 19 2014
apsunmúnukich • N • Western yellow-bellied racer (H) Coluber mormon (ITIS).
Literally: 'slippery snake'
Derivation: | ápsuun múnukich |
snake slippery |
Derivative (1)
apsunmunukich'ímkaanva "mountain hemp, dogbane"
Source: WB 116.2, p.319
- kári xás apsunmúnukich axmáy uvôonuprav. And suddenly Racer crawled out. [Reference: WB T39.22]
See ápsuun 'snake' See múnukich 'slippery'
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apsunmunukich xas u-párihishrih-anik vaa vura kaan asiv-súruk u-tápichkaa-nik racer.snake then 3s(>3)-be.transformed-ANC so Intensive there cave-under 3s(>3)-slip.to-ANC Then he turned into apsunmunukich (snake species) right there, he went in under the overhanging rocks. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textapsunmúnukich u-kitaxríharahi-tih racer.snake 3s(>3)-be.unfaithful-DUR Western Yellow-Bellied Racer (a snake) was being unfaithful to his wife. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textxás t-óo piip apsunmúnukich vúra púra kára aapúnm-eesh-ara then PERF-3s(>3) say racer.snake Intensive nobody know-FUT-NEG And Racer said, "Nobody will find out." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textyiimúsich t-óo pmah apsunmúnukich little.ways.off PERF-3s(>3) see.again racer.snake She saw Racer a little ways off. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textyanav-éek-va t-u-'áhoo-heen apsunmúnukich one-must-so PERF-3s(>3)-go-ANT racer.snake She saw Racer coming. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textkári xás apsunmúnukich axmáy u-vôonuprav then then racer.snake suddenly 3s(>3)-crawl.up.out And suddenly Racer crawled out (prematurely). Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textxás kári ee kári xás kun-piip uum apsunmúnukich t-u-kitaxríharahi-tih then then oh! then then 3pl(>3s)-say 3.SG racer.snake PERF-3s(>3)-be.unfaithful-DUR And (people) said, "Oh, Racer is being unfaithful!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textkári xás apsunmúnukich u-piip pa-yaas'ára u-'iiníshri-haak víri pa-'asiktávaan vaa u-kupí-ti-haak u-kitaxríharahi-ti-haak xáat káru u-xú-ti vúra pu-'aapúnm-eesh-ap víri vaa vúra kun-'áapunm-eesh then then racer.snake 3s(>3)-say NOMZ-rich.person 3s(>3)-come.into.existence-when so NOMZ-woman so 3s(>3)-do-DUR-when 3s(>3)-be.unfaithful-DUR-when may also 3s(>3)-think-DUR Intensive NEG-know-FUT-NEG so so Intensive 3pl(>3s)-know-FUT Then Racer said, "When Mankind comes into existence, when a woman does this, when she is unfaithful, even though she thinks they won't find out, they will find out like this." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text