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síish penis
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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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sísh-af penis-excrement semen Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full textkári xás ú-kpaaksur pa-mú-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 textxás kári kúkuum ú-kpaaksur pa-mú-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 textithyarukpíhriiv pa-mú-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 texthínupa chantirih-'îin sú' pa-tá kun-vôonkurih vaa kúth p-oo-kpaksúr-oo-ti pa-mú-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