Ararahih'urípih
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kêemish / keemisha- something supernaturally dangerous, a devil, a monster; poison; a wild animal

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3794 | revised Oct 31 2014

kêemish / keemisha- • N • something supernaturally dangerous, a devil, a monster; poison; a wild animal

Derivatives (4)
kêemish "deceased person"
keemisháaxiich "halfbreed child (obsolete term)"
kêemishaha "to be poisonous"
keemishatunvêech "little wild animals"

Source: WB 868.3, p.360

  • pakôokaninay vúra vakêemishas îin kunípaanik ... The Savage Ones of every place used to say ... [Reference: TK 255.14]
  • kêemish kun'ákihanik. They fed him poison. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 012]

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  1. I have to be like    fâat    kumakêemish    poo'iithvútihanik    fâatva   
    I have to be like    what    kind.of.animal    they.packed.them.up    something   
    I'll be like ... some kind of animal to pack them, something ...
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. káru    hôoy    akâayva    'îin    kun    kêemish    kun'ákihanik    kéemish    u'ávanik   
    also    where    anyone    TOPIC    3pl(>3s)    something.dangerous    they.fed.him    something.dangerous    he.ate   
    "And somewhere, someone, they ... they fed him poison, he ate poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  3. vaa    kumá'ii    paxáas    tu'iv    pu'uum    vúra    fâat    kumakêemish    áamtihan   
    so    because.of    that.almost    he.died    not.he    Intensive    what    kind.of.poison    he.didn't.eat   
    "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  4. xás    úpeenti    îim    ôok    keemisha'îin    i'áveeshap   
    then    he.told.him    outdoors    here    a.monster    it.will.eat.you   
    And he told (the person sweating), "A monster outside here is going to eat you."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. koovúra    pakeemishatunvêechas    kunpiip    xâatik    yíchaach    nu'êerahiti   
    all    the.little.wild.animals    they.say    it's.better    together    we.store.food   
    All the little wild animals said, "Let's store our food together."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  6. ta'ítam    koovúra    pakeemishatunvêechas    kunikyáviichvunaa    yukún    vaa    káan    kunpávyiihmeesh    patupíshyaavpa   
    so    all    the.little.wild.animals    they.work    you.see    that    there    they.go.back.to    when.it.is.winter   
    So all the little wild animals worked, you see they were going to come back there when it was winter.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  7. kinípeenti    kêemish    pa'apxantínihichas   
    they.told.them    something.dangerous    the.white.men   
    They were told that the white men were devils.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text