Ararahih'urípih
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íshavsip / íshavsipriv- to pay as a fee to (a doctor)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2953 | revised Dec 19 2014

íshavsip / íshavsipriv- • V • to pay as a fee to (a doctor)

Derivation:  íshav-sip
íshav-up

Derivative (1)
íshavsip "doctor's fee"

Source: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 003

  • sunyíthih kun'íshavsip. They paid his fee with chinquapin nuts. [Reference: WB file]
  • pa'apxantínihich vêetak kunivyíhuk vaa káru itráhyar ishpuk vúra takun'íshavsip. After the whites came, they started to pay him a $10 fee. [Reference: TK 231.21]

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  1. sunyíthih    kun'íshavsiprimtih   
    chinquapin.nut    they.paid.him   
    They always paid him with chestnuts.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. sunyíthih    kun'íshavsiprimti    sunyithih'ásar   
    chinquapin.nut    they.paid.him    chinquapin.nut.juicy   
    They paid him with chestnuts, a panful of chestnuts.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  3. uum    táay    musunyithih'ásar    ushavsiprinahi   
    3.SG    much    his.chestnut.mush    he.was.paid.for.doctoring   
    He was paid much chestnut mush for treating him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  4. kúkuum    tá    kunpíshavsip    xúrish    athithxuntápan    úus    koovúra    kuma'ávaha   
    again    PERF    they.pay.a.doctor's.fee    shelled.acorn    hazelnut    pine.nut    all    kinds.of.food   
    They would pay her fee repeatedly with shelled acorns, hazel nuts, pine nuts, all kinds of food.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  5. púyava    patóo    xus    miník    kóo ník    patá    kana'íshavsip    púyava    kári    xás    tu'aráriihkanha   
    you.see    when.she    think    of.course    enough    when    they.pay.me    you.see    then    then    he.recovers   
    Then when she thought they had paid her enough in fees, then (the patient) would get well.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  6. xás    upiip    áchpuus    kanapíshavsiiprini   
    then    she.says    part.of.salmon    you.pay.me   
    And she said, "Pay my fee with 'áchpuus."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  7. sunyíthi    tá    kun'íshavsip    kachakâach   
    chinquapin.nut    PERF    they.paid.them.as.a.fee.to.her    bluejay   
    They paid Blue Jay her fee with chinquapin nuts.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  8. áchpuus    kanapíshaavsiprinih   
    part.of.salmon    you.pay.me   
    Pay me my fee with áchpuus.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  9. áchpuus    kanapíshaavsiprinih   
    part.of.salmon    you.pay.me   
    Pay me my fee with áchpuus.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  10. áchpuus    kanapíshaavsiprinih   
    part.of.salmon    you.pay.me   
    Pay me my fee with áchpuus.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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