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imship to cool off; (fire) to be extinguished
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2498 | revised Dec 19 2014
imship • V • to cool off; (fire) to be extinguished
Derivatives (3)
ahéemshiipar "widower"
imshípish "to cool down"
imyahéemshiipar "widower"
Source: WB 593, p.345
Note: Cf. íship 'to extinguish'.
- patóomsip, yíth kúna toopturukúrihva. If it cools off, he puts in another hot stone. [Reference: KV]
- púyava chavúra úmsip pamu'afupchúrax. So finally his anus was extinguished. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 056]
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púyava chavúra úmsip pamu'afupchúrax.
So finally his anus was extinguished.Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text -
xás úmsip pá'aah.
Then the fire went out.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás ta'ítam koovúra pá'aah kunímshiipva ôokninay.
And so all the fire went out around here.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás paka'má'ninay pá'aah koovúra úmsiipvunaa.
Then all the fire went out in the upriver mountains.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
ta'ítam umsípaheen pá'aah.
And Fire went out.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
víri vaa kumá'ii payêem íshaha,
xás vúra kumá'ii úmsiipti aah.
For that reason it's water now, that's why it puts out fire.Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text -
kári xás tá kuntaxíshxish patóo msip.
And they scraped it when it was cool.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text