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fúhish to believe, trust, obey
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1329 | revised Nov 03 2005
fúhish • V • to believe, trust, obey
Source: WB 361, p.333
- kári xás ík nifuhísheesh pá'uum káru ikxaréeyav. Then I shall believe that she is an ikxaréeyav too. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 039b]
- káruma vúra ník pufuhíishtihap. And they just didn't believe him. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 029]
Sentence examples (3)
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káruma vúra nik pufuhíishtihap.
But they didn't believe a word of it.Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
púxay fuhíshtihap.
But they didn't mind him.Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
papirishkâarim múmya tóo thyúruripaa,
tufúhish,
payuuxmachmahánnach upíkshaayvutih,
uum áhup u'iikívtih,
yiipahvuf'ímyah.
He pulled out Grizzly's heart, (Grizzly) believed it when Lizard lied, (Lizard) was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text