Ararahih'urípih
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tákta 'doctor,' i.e. a shaman

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lexicon ID #5613 | revised Nov 17 2014

tákta • N • 'doctor,' i.e. a shaman

Source: WB 1291, p.382

Note: From English.

  • hinupáy uum upíkshaayvuti, putáktahara, pu'araraxus'úmaanhara. There (Coyote) was lying, he wasn't a doctor, he wasn't a shaman. [Reference: T11.27]

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  1. hínu páy   uum   u-píkshaayvu-tih   pu-tákta-hara   pu-'araraxus'úmaan-hara  
    surprise   3.SG   3s(>3)-tell.lie-DUR   NEG-doctor-NEG   NEG-doctor-NEG  
    There he was lying, he wasn't a doctor, he wasn't a shaman.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text