Ararahih'urípih
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íish meat, flesh, body

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lexicon ID #1696 | revised Aug 07 2015

íish N • meat, flesh, body

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Source: WB 690, p.350

  • vaa vúra koovúra toopmahóonkoon ithá'iish vúra. He feels good all over his body. [Reference: TK 195.5]


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  1. pa'íish    ôokmas    páy    yítha    utháaniv   
    the.meat    here.and.there    this    one    it.lies   
    The meat was lying all around.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  2. Kári    iish    upáatvutih    pa'axiich   
    then    flesh    he.is.bathing.it    the.child   
    And the child is taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  3. Xás    iish        kunpáatva   
    then    flesh    PERF    they.are.bathing.it   
    And they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  4. Xás    payêem    iish        kunpáatva   
    then    now    flesh    PERF    they.are.bathing.it   
    And now they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  5. fâat    ivíshtaantih    musmús'iish    káru    nakísh'iish   
    what    you.want.it    beef    also    pork   
    What do you want, beef or pork?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  6. naa    musmús'iish    nivíshtáantih   
    1sg.    beef    I.like.it   
    I like beef.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  7. xás    kári    vaa    vúra    kích    káan    u'iishhíti    vuutrava'áfiv   
    then    then    so    Intensive    only    there    there.was.meat    testicles   
    And there was still meat there in his testicles.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  8. kári    xás    vaa    u'áv    káan    pá'iish   
    then    then    so    he.ate.it    there    the.meat   
    And so he ate the meat there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. xás    umnishkírihva    pá'iish   
    then    she.cooked.it    the.meat   
    And she cooked the (deer's) meat.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  10. xás    uhyûunish    pamú'arama    chéemyaach    árihrupuki    tóo    mtup    pamú'iish    chimi    nu'am   
    then    she.shouted.to.him    her.child    quickly    jump.outdoors    it.is    be.ripe    her.meat    soon    let's.eat   
    And she shouted to her child, "Jump out quickly, her meat is cooked, let's eat!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  11. xás    úmuusti    pamu'iish   
    then    he.was.looking.at.it    his.body   
    Then he looked at his body.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  12. xás    uxúti    ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav    uxús    naa    vúra    naní'iish    pu'axvíthinheeshara   
    then    he.was.thinking    Sacred.Sweathouse.Spirit    he.thought    1sg.    Intensive    my.body    it.will.not.become.unclean   
    And Sacred Sweathouse Spirit thought, he thought, "My body will not become unclean."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  13. pamú'iish    uum        púfaat    utheekvárahitih   
    his.flesh    3.SG    PERF    nothing    he.was.very.thin   
    His flesh was all gone by now, he was like a skeleton.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  14. vaa    u'íifti    pamú'iish   
    so    it.grew    his.flesh   
    Thus his flesh grew.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text