Ararahih'urípih
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ishyâat King salmon, "spring salmon"

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lexicon ID #3177 | revised Feb 10 2015

ishyâat • N • King salmon, "spring salmon" Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (ITIS).

Literally: 'winter-salmon'

Derivation:  íshyaav áat
winter salmon.sp.

Source: WB 744.1, p.352

Note: JPH ethno ?:??? and ani 06:595 say: Term used for áama before the ceremony at Yu'tim'iin.

  • chéemyaach ík vúra ishâat imshíinaavish. The spring salmon must shine upriver early. [Reference: KT 131.6]
  • vaa kumûuk kuníhviithtiheesh peeshyâat, peethívthaaneen takunpikyâahaak. They will clean the spring salmon with that, when they fix the world. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 060]

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  1. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish.
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither upriver.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. chéemyaach ík vúr ishyâat imshîinaavish.
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish.
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  4. ishyâat úpaanik: " yaas'ára vúra u'aapúnmutiheesh yakun pa'îin yíth ukupeexákahitiheesh, patá nipikrêehaak nani'îin."
    Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

  5. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish.
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  6. chéemyaach ík vúr ishyâat imshîinnaavish.
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  7. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshíinaavish.
    Shine upriver soon, Spring Salmon.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  8. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshírihraavish.
    Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  9. kupánakanakana. chêech ík vúra ishyâat imshírihraavish.
    kupánakanakana. Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  10. vaa kumûuk kuníhviithtiheesh peeshyâat, peethívthaaneen tá kunpikyâahaak.
    They will clean the spring salmon with that, when they fix the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text