Ararahih'urípih
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áfup buttocks

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #160 | revised Sep 22 2014

áfup • N • buttocks

Derivation:  áaf up
excrement up

Derivatives (4)
afupchúrax "anus"
afuptháanamnih "opening between the two leggings"
afupvastárarar "man's name, Yaas' father"
chukchuk'áfup "stingy person"

Source: WB 17.3, p.314

  • kári xás u'aak, pihnêefich u'áak áfup. And he hit him, he hit Coyote on the buttocks. [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 023]

See áaf 'excrement'

Sentence examples (4)

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  1. hínupa    áfup    kunpávyiihrishukti    poo'áamtih   
    surprise    buttocks    they.were.coming.out    as.he.ate   
    There they were coming out of his buttocks as he ate.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  2. chími    vaa    u'íinka    pa'axváha    pamu'áfup   
    soon    so    it.burned    the.pitch    his.buttocks   
    Soon the pitch was burning on his buttocks.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    u'áak    pihnêefich    u'áak    áfup   
    then    then    he.hits    coyote    he.hits    buttocks   
    And he hit him, he hit Coyote on the buttocks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    ukyívish    áfup    patá    kunvúr    vôohara    mûuk   
    then    then    he.falls.down    buttocks    when    they.jab.him    digging.stick    with.(by.means.of)   
    Then he fell down, when they jabbed him in the buttocks with a digging stick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text