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masmáahva / masmáahvu- to do the dance performed by a shaman when curing a patient
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4216 | revised Oct 31 2014
masmáahva / masmáahvu- • V • to do the dance performed by a shaman when curing a patient
Source: WB 968, p.366
- kári xás xanpuchíniishveenach uum vúra umásmaahvuti. And then Hummingbird was doing the doctor dance. [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 022]
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kári xás xanpuchíniishveenach uum vúra umasmáahvutih.
Now that fellow Hummingbird was dancing the medicine dance.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
" hárivari vavéeniichva,"
umásmaahvutih.
"Some time ago it was done by trickery," as he was dancing.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
tumásnaahva.
She did a doctor's dance.Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text -
koovúra tá kunmásmaahvunaa paachvivtunvêechas.
All the little birds were doing doctor's dances.Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text -
kári xás umásmaahva mahnûuvanach.
And Chipmunk did a doctor's dance.Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text