Ararahih'urípih
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íish meat, flesh, body

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1696 | revised Aug 07 2015

íish • N • meat, flesh, body

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Source: WB 690, p.350

  • vaa vúra koovúra toopmahóonkoon ithá'iish vúra. He feels good all over his body. [Reference: TK 195.5]

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  1. pa'íish ôokmas páy yítha utháaniv.
    The meat was lying all around.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. Kári iish upáatvutih pa'axiich.
    And the child is taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  3. Xás iish tá kunpáatva.
    And they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  4. Xás payêem iish tá kunpáatva.
    And now they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  5. fâat ivíshtaantih, musmús'iish káru nakísh'iish?
    What do you want, beef or pork?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  6. naa musmús'iish nivíshtáantih.
    I like beef.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  7. xás kári vaa vúra kích káan u'iishhíti vuutrava'áfiv.
    And there was still meat there in his testicles.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  8. kári xás vaa u'áv káan pá'iish.
    And so he ate the meat there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  9. xás umnishkírihva pá'iish.
    And she cooked the (deer's) meat.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  10. xás uhyûunish pamú'arama " chéemyaach árihrupuki tóo mtup pamú'iish, chimi nu'am."
    And she shouted to her child, "Jump out quickly, her meat is cooked, let's eat!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  11. xás úmuusti pamu'iish.
    Then he looked at his body.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  12. xás uxúti ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav, uxús " naa vúra naní'iish 1 pu'axvíthinheeshara."
    And Sacred Sweathouse Spirit thought, he thought, "My body will not become unclean."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  13. pamú'iish uum tá púfaat, utheekvárahitih.
    His flesh was all gone by now, he was like a skeleton.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  14. vaa u'íifti pamú'iish.
    Thus his flesh grew.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text