Ararahih'urípih
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áfup buttocks

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #160 | revised Sep 22 2014

áfup • N • buttocks

Derivation:  áaf up
excrement up

Derivatives (4)
afupchúrax "anus"
afuptháanamnih "opening between the two leggings"
afupvastárarar "man's name, Yaas' father"
chukchuk'áfup "stingy person"

Source: WB 17.3, p.314

  • kári xás u'aak, pihnêefich u'áak áfup. And he hit him, he hit Coyote on the buttocks. [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 023]

See áaf 'excrement'

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. xás uxús " chími panini'afupchúrax chími kanipshivshâapi."
    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.
    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."
    I've sealed up my anus."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. hinupáy pamu'afupchúrax poo'iinkútih.
    There it was his anus burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. púyava chavúra úmsip pamu'afupchúrax.
    So finally his anus was extinguished.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  6. hínupa áfup kunpávyiihrishukti poo'áamtih.
    There they were coming out of his buttocks as he ate.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  7. chími vaa u'íinka pa'axváha pamu'áfup.
    Soon the pitch was burning on his buttocks.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  8. kári xás u'áak, pihnêefich u'áak áfup.
    And he hit him, he hit Coyote on the buttocks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  9. kári xás ukyívish, áfup patá kunvúr vôohara mûuk.
    Then he fell down, when they jabbed him in the buttocks with a digging stick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text