Ararahih'urípih
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síish penis

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5383 | revised Dec 21 2015

síish • N • penis

Derivatives (5)
atayramsishxárahar "dragonfly"
síshaf "semen"
sishaf'íknaapkar "wood duck"
sishanayâamach "pretty one having a penis, a name given to Coyote"
sishtaknúrith "man with a big penis"

Source: WB 1238, p.380

Note: JPH gives sîish. Equiv. to ihyásur.

  • ta'ítam u'axaychákishriheen pamúsiish, mútiikmuuk. So he took hold of his penis with his hand. [Reference: KT 157.2]

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  1. síshaf   
    penis.excrement   
    semen
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    úkpaaksur    pamúsiish   
    then    then    he.cut.it.off.straight    his.penis   
    So he cut off (part of) his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  3. xás    kári    kúkuum    úkpaaksur    pamúsiish   
    then    then    again    he.cut.it.off.straight    his.penis   
    And he again cut off (part of) his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  4. ithyarukpíhriiv    pamúsiish    uvupaksúroonik   
    Across.the.Water.Widower    his.penis    he.cut.it.off   
    Across-the-Water Widower cut off his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  5. hínupa    chantirih'îin    sú'    patá    kunvôonkurih    vaa    kúth    pookpaksúrooti    pamúsiish   
    surprise    Tick    inside    that    she.crawled.in    so    because.of    that.he.cut.it.off.straight    his.penis   
    There it was Tick that crawled into him, that's why he cut off his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text