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apúnkoo / apunkôo- (sorcerer) to cast a spell on (someone); to bewitch or "devil" (someone)
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lexicon ID #468 | revised Oct 31 2014
apúnkoo / apunkôo- • V • (sorcerer) to cast a spell on (someone); to bewitch or "devil" (someone)
| Derivation: | ápur-koo |
| bewitch-to |
- vaa kumá'ii kun'apunkôotihanik, kachakâachich îin. And so that's why she was deviled by Bluejay. [Reference: Chipmunk & Hummingbird 031]
See ápur 'to bewitch' See -koo 'to'
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hínupa yee u'apunkôoti pamahnûuvanach surprise well he.was.poisoning.him the.chipmunk That one kept poisoning Chipmunk. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full textvaa kúth poo'apúnkoo mahnûuvanach so because.of he.poisoned.him chipmunk Therefore he poisoned Chipmunk. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full textvaa kumá'ii poo'apunkôotih so because.of he.poisoned.him Therefore he poisoned him. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full texthínupa vúra uum u'apunkôonaatih kachakâach uum u'apunkôonaatih surprise Intensive 3.SG she.bewitches bluejay 3.SG she.bewitches There she was bewitching them, Blue Jay herself was bewitching them. Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full texthínupa uum kachakáach u'apunkôonaatih surprise 3.SG bluejay she.bewitches There Blue Jay herself was bewitching them. Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text