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sivshap plug, seal up
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lexicon ID #5447 | revised Dec 03 2015
sivshap • V • plug, seal up
Derivation: | siv-sap |
siv-closing.up |
Derivative (1)
sivsháapsur "to become unplugged"
Source: WB 1243, p.380
- chími panini'afupchúrax chími kanipshivshâapi. Let me seal up my anus. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 038]
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xás u-xús chími pa-nini-'afupchúrax chími kan-ip-shivshâap-i then 3s(>3)-think soon the-1sPOSS-anus soon 1s(>3)-ITER-seal.up-IMPER And he thought, "Let me seal up my anus." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás pa-mu-'afupchúrax vaa ku-mûuk u-p-sívshap then the-3sPOSS-anus that 3sPOSS-with.(by.means.of) 3s(>3)-ITER-seal.up And he sealed up his anus with that. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full texttá íp ni-p-shívshaap-at pa-nini-'afupchúrax PERF PAST 1s(>3)-ITER-seal.up-PAST the-1sPOSS-anus I've sealed up my anus." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full texthinupáy íp pa-'axváha mûuk u-p-sívshaap-at hinupáy vaa p-oo-'iinkú-tih surprise PAST the-pitch with.(by.means.of) 3s(>3)-ITER-seal.up-PAST surprise that NOMZ-3s(>3)-be.on.fire-DUR There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás chími kan-ip-shivsháp-vaan-i then soon 1s(>3)-ITER-seal.up-REFL-IMPER So (he said), "Let me plug myself up." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás u-p-sívshap then 3s(>3)-ITER-seal.up Then (the water) closed up. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text