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íshaha water; juice
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2940 | revised Jan 22 2015
íshaha • N • water; juice Variant: ísha.
Literally: 'that which is drunk'
| Derivation: | ish-aha-a |
| drink-ESS-DEVERB |
Derivatives (9)
ishahakeem'íshraam "placename, above Happy Camp"
ishahéektamnam "bucket"
ishaheethríshriihrav "pitcher"
ishaha'ásip "bucket"
isheektávaanich "woman's name, Susie Pepper"
ishkêesh "river, the Klamath River"
ishkéesh'aachip "placename, a fishery"
apus'íshaha "apple juice
"
ay'íshaha "grape juice
"
Source: WB 689.1, p.349
Note: Equiv. to áas.
- káruma uum vúra pu'íishtihap íshaha, peespúk takunpachnútarahaak. So they shall not drink water when they go to suck dentalia. [Reference: KT 138a.18]
- vaa panini'íshaha tupafipsîiprinaheen. He's drunk up that juice of mine. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 025]
Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (82)