Ararahih'urípih
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putyíinkach to defecate on

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5131 | revised Nov 09 2005

putyíinkach V • to defecate on

Source: WB 1183, p.376

  • xás uxus, tîi kanpútyiinkachi. And (Coyote) thought, "I want to shit on it." [Reference: WB T14.18]


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  1. xas   u-xus   tîi   matêe   kan-pútyiinkach-i   páy   pa-'asa-yâamach-ak   vúra   uum   yâamach   pa-'as  
    then   3s(>3)-think   let...   later   1s(>3)-defecate.on-IMPER   this   the-rock-pretty-Locative   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   the-rock  
    Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  2. xas   u-pútyiinkach  
    then   3s(>3)-defecate.on  
    Then he did just a little bit of job on it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  3. tîi   pay   kich   xas   kumatêeshich   kuna   kan-pútyiinkach-i  
    let...   this   only   then   still.more   in.addition   1s(>3)-defecate.on-IMPER  
    Let me do a little bit more of job on it."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  4. xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-pútyiinkach-i  
    then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-defecate.on-IMPER  
    And he thought, "Let me defecate on it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  5. xás   u-p-ímuus-tih   pa-t-u-pútyiinkach  
    then   3s(>3)-ITER-look.at-DUR   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-defecate.on  
    And he looked at it again, when he had defecated on it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  6. kári   xás   ta'ítam   kúkuum   u-pútyiinkach-heen   kumatêeshich  
    then   then   so   again   3s(>3)-defecate.on-ANT   still.more  
    And so he defecated on it again, a little more.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text