Ararahih'urípih
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vasíhuunih go down back first

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6460 | revised Nov 13 2005

vasíhuunih • V • go down back first

Source: WB 1528.2, p.394

  • tîi kanvasíhuunihi, pûu, xáy vásih néeshpat. Let me go down (a tree) back first - no, I might break my back. [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 49]

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  1. tîi    kanvasíhuunihi   
    let...    let.me.go.back.first!   
    Let me go down back first!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text