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pishtáaxva / pishtáaxvu- to pull back one's foreskin
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lexicon ID #4995 | revised Oct 31 2014
pishtáaxva / pishtáaxvu- • V • to pull back one's foreskin
Source: WB 1154, p.375
- kári xás ahváraak up´íshtaaxva. And then he pulled back his foreskin in a hollow tree. [Reference: WB T5.79]
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kári xás ahváraa-k u-píshtaaxva u-piip kíi-vyiihrishuk-i kíi-vyiihrishuk-i then then hollow.tree-Locative 3s(>3)-pull.back.foreskin 3s(>3)-say 2pl(>3)-come.out.(pl.)-IMPER 2pl(>3)-come.out.(pl.)-IMPER So he pulled back his foreskin in a hollow tree, he said, "Come out, come out!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text