Ararahih'urípih
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êev a greeting or term of address used by women to female intimates

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1274 | revised Nov 07 2014

êev • INTERJ • a greeting or term of address used by women to female intimates

Source: WB 346, p.332

Usage: females only.

  • 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]
  • xás upiip, yáxa, êev. And she said, "Look, dear." [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 094]

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  1. xás    upiip    yáxa    éev   
    then    she.said    look!    greeting.to.women   
    And she said, "Look, dear.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. xás    upiip    oo    êev    chími    nútaatripaa    pasah'áhup   
    then    she.said    oh!    greeting.to.women    soon    let's.hook.it.out.of.the.water!    the.driftwood   
    And (the other) said, "Oh, dear, let's hook the driftwood out!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. xás    upiip    chími    êev    hôoy    kích    ahúp'anamahach   
    then    she.said    soon    greeting.to.women    where    only    twig   
    And (one) said, "Come on, dear, where is a little stick?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    pa'ifápiitsha    kunpiip    chôora    êev    íshaha    nuktávan   
    then    then    the.young.unmarried.women    they.say    let's.go    greeting.to.women    water    let.us.carry   
    And the young women said (to each other), "Let's go, dear, let's go get water."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    upiip    yítha    pa'ifápiit    ii!    íf    êev    sishanayâamach    tóo    síinvar   
    then    then    she.says    one    the.young.unmarried.woman    oh!    truly    greeting.to.women    pretty.one.having.a.penis    he.has    drown   
    And one young woman said, "Alas, dear, sishanayâamach has really drowned!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  6. íim    êev    hûum    kích    ixútih   
    2sg.    greeting.to.women    is.that.so?    only    you.are.thinking   
    What do you think, dear?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  7. xás    upiip    ii!    naa    êev    káru    vúra    vaa    nixútih   
    then    she.says    oh!    1sg.    greeting.to.women    also    Intensive    that    I.am.thinking   
    And she said, "Alas, dear, I think so too."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text