Ararahih'urípih
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ífuthkam behind; backward

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1507 | revised Jun 26 2014

ífuthkam • N • behind; backward

Derivation:  ífuth-kam
behind-side

Derivatives (3)
ifuchkávanach "broken-off dentalia end"
ífuthkamha "(small end) to point"
ifuthkám'iipma "a man's name, James Tom Sr."

  • naa nixúti ífuthkam napávyiihrishuktih pani'áamti. I think they're coming out of me in the rear as I eat. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 037]

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  1. xás    uxúti    naa    nixúti    ífuthkam    napávyiihrishuktih    pani'áamti   
    then    he.was.thinking    1sg.    I.am.thinking    behind    they.are.coming.out.of.me    while.I.am.eating.them   
    And he thought, "I think they're coming out of me in the rear as I eat."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás    ífuthkam    kúuk    upitvûutih   
    then    behind    to    he.looked.backwards   
    And he looked behind him.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    u'áharamunaa    ífuthkam    kúuk    ukpêehva   
    then    then    he.chased.them    behind    to    he.shouted   
    So he chased them, he shouted after them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text