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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 (4)
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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