Ararahih'urípih
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síish penis

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5383 | revised Dec 21 2015

síish N • penis

Derivatives (5)
atayramsishxárahar "dragonfly"
síshaf "semen"
sishaf'íknaapkar "wood duck"
sishanayâamach "pretty one having a penis, a name given to Coyote"
sishtaknúrith "man with a big penis"

Source: WB 1238, p.380

Note: JPH gives sîish. Equiv. to ihyásur.

  • ta'ítam u'axaychákishriheen pamúsiish, mútiikmuuk. So he took hold of his penis with his hand. [Reference: KT 157.2]


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  1. sísh-af  
    penis-excrement  
    semen
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text
  2. kári   xás   ú-kpaaksur   pa--siish  
    then   then   3s(>3)-cut.off   the-3sPOSS-penis  
    So he cut off (part of) his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  3. xás   kári   kúkuum   ú-kpaaksur   pa--siish  
    then   then   again   3s(>3)-cut.off   the-3sPOSS-penis  
    And he again cut off (part of) his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  4. ithyarukpíhriiv   pa--siish   u-vupaksúr-oo-nik  
    Across.the.Water.Widower   the-3sPOSS-penis   3s(>3)-cut.off-PL.ACT-ANC  
    Across-the-Water Widower cut off his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  5. hínupa   chantirih-'îin   sú'   pa-   kun-vôonkurih   vaa   kúth   p-oo-kpaksúr-oo-ti   pa--siish  
    surprise   tick-TOPIC   inside   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-crawl.in   so   because.of   NOMZ-3s(>3)-cut.off-PL.ACT-DUR   the-3sPOSS-penis  
    There it was Tick that crawled into him, that's why he cut off his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text