Ararahih'urípih
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sivshap plug, seal up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5447 | revised Dec 03 2015

sivshap • V • plug, seal up

Derivation:  siv-sap
siv-closing.up

Derivative (1)
sivsháapsur "to become unplugged"

Source: WB 1243, p.380

  • chími panini'afupchúrax chími kanipshivshâapi. Let me seal up my anus. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 038]

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  1. xás    uxús    chími    panini'afupchúrax    chími    kanipshivshâapi   
    then    he.thought    soon    my.anus    soon    let.me.seal.it.up!   
    And he thought, "Let me seal up my anus."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás    pamu'afupchúrax    vaa    kumûuk    upsívshap   
    then    his.anus    that    with.it    he.sealed.it.up   
    And he sealed up his anus with that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. tá    íp    nipshívshaapat    panini'afupchúrax   
    PERF    PAST    I.sealed.it.up    my.anus   
    I've sealed up my anus."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. hinupáy    íp    pa'axváha    mûuk    upsívshaapat    hinupáy    vaa    poo'iinkútih   
    surprise    PAST    the.pitch    with.(by.means.of)    he.sealed.it.up    surprise    that    that.it.was.burning   
    There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. xás    chími    kanipshivshápvaani   
    then    soon    let.me.plug.myself.up   
    So (he said), "Let me plug myself up."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. xás    upsívshap   
    then    it.sealed.up.again   
    Then (the water) closed up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text