Ararahih'urípih
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sishanayâamach pretty one having a penis, a name given to Coyote

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5437 | revised Dec 03 2015

sishanayâamach • N • pretty one having a penis, a name given to Coyote

Derivation:  síish-ar yâamach  (= síish-ar yav-ach)
penis-INST pretty  (= penis-INST good-DIM)

  • kári xás upíip yítha pa'ifápiit, ii! íf êev sishanayâamach toosíinvar. And one young women said, "Alas, dear, pretty-one-with-a-penis has really drowned! [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 042]

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  1. kári   xás   u-piip   yítha   pa-'ifápiit   ii!   íf   êev   sishanayâamach   t-óo   síinvar  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   one   the-young.unmarried.woman   oh!   truly   greeting.to.women   pretty.one.having.a.penis   PERF-3s(>3)   drown  
    And one young woman said, "Alas, dear, sishanayâamach has really drowned!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  2. xás   kun-pínaa   vaa   kích   vúra   pa-kun-ipí-tih   sishanayâamach   t-óo   síinvar  
    then   3pl(>3s)-come.(pl.)   that   only   Intensive   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-say-DUR   pretty.one.having.a.penis   PERF-3s(>3)   drown  
    And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text