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ishávaas child of deceased sibling (term of address commonly used by Coyote)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2949 | revised Aug 16 2015
ishávaas • N • child of deceased sibling (term of address commonly used by Coyote)
| Derivation: | yíish-vaas |
| nephew-with.connecting.relative.dead |
Source: WB 1677.1, p.401
Note: Initial vowel is lost after a prefixal vowel. Plural is ishavásiivsha(s), formed with -iivshas 'PLUR' . Used as form of address by Coyote; 'nephew' (JPH 015:837). says used to mean 'stepfather', esp. one related to one's father.
- chavúra káan xára tóokrii, poo'oonváthunati pamusavásiivsha. Finally he stayed there a long time, he took his nephews all around. [Reference: KT 147.25]
- ishávaas, nanishavásiivsha, nipthivkêevish. Nephew, my nephews, I'll go along! [Reference: WB T3.145]