Ararahih'urípih
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pikshayvûunish to tell lies to, to lie to (someone); to deceive

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4872 | revised Nov 08 2005

pikshayvûunish V • to tell lies to, to lie to (someone); to deceive

Source: WB 1126.2, p.373

  • xás pâanpay xás uxús naa nixúti napikshayvûunishti. Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me." [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 036]


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  1. kin-piksháyvuunish-tih  
    3>1pl-tell.lies.to-DUR  
    He's deceiving us.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  2. ta'ítam   chími   nu-ykan      kin-piksháyvuunish  
    so   soon   1pl(>3)-beat   PERF   1pl(>3)-tell.lies.to  
    So let's kill him, he's deceiving us!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  3. xás   pâanpay   xás   u-xús   naa   ni--ti   na-pikshayvûunish-ti   yukún   koovúra   vaa   u-músahi-ti   pa-nunú-'uup   káru   uum   vúra   vaa   u-músahi-ti   pa-nini-'áka  
    then   after.while   then   3s(>3)-think   1sg.   1s(>3)-think-DUR   2s/3s>1s-tell.lies.to-DUR   you.see   all   that   3s(>3)-look-DUR   the-1plPOSS-possession   also   3.SG   Intensive   that   3s(>3)-look-DUR   the-1sPOSS-father  
    Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me, everything looks like our things, and he looks just like my father."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  4. u-pikshayvûunish-vunaa-ti   pa-'áraar  
    3s(>3)-tell.lies.to-PL-DUR   the-human  
    She was deceiving the Indians.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text