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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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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 textta'ítam chími nu-ykan tá 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 textxás pâanpay xás u-xús naa ni-xú-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 textu-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