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píshunva / píshunvu- to put away, to hide, to bury
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lexicon ID #5000 | revised Oct 31 2014
píshunva / píshunvu- • V • to put away, to hide, to bury
Derivative (1)
aspishúnvaan "mountain beaver"
- vaa vúra kích mûuk kunkíshapti, xás takunpíshunva. That's all they tie (tobacco stems) up with, then they put them away. [Reference: TK 96.4]
- xás vaa káan upishunvavâananik. And she buried herself there. [Reference: KT 148.23]
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kári xás kun-piip púra kára vúra áama aam-tíh-eesh-ara yúkun tá nu-píshunva pa-'áama then then 3pl(>3s)-say nobody Intensive salmon eat-DUR-FUT-NEG you.see PERF 1pl(>3)-put.away the-salmon And they said, "Nobody will eat salmon, we have hidden the salmon." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full texttá nu-kíshap pa-xávish máruk ahváraa-k tá nu-píshunva PERF 1pl(>3)-tie.in.a.bundle the-mock.orange uphill hollow.tree-Locative PERF 1pl(>3)-put.away (Then) we tied up the syringa, we hid it in a hollow tree uphill. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text