Ararahih'urípih
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patúmkoo (shaman) to suck out disease (pl. action)

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lexicon ID #4673 | revised Nov 08 2005

patúmkoo • V • (shaman) to suck out disease (pl. action)

  • kári xás upatúmkoo. Then she sucked her. [Reference: KS19. Bluejay doctors 018]
  • kári xás kunipêer, chími patúmkoo. And they said to him, "Suck (the disease out of) her!" [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 008]

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  1. kári xás kunipêer " chími patúmkoo."
    And they said to him, "Suck (the disease out of) her!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  2. vaa xás nipatumkôovish."
    Then I'll suck her that way!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  3. xás tupatúmkoo.
    Then she sucked them (as treatment for their illnesses).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  4. xás úmuustihanik pa'êem pa'ára upatumkôotih.
    And she watched as the doctor sucked a person.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text

  5. káruma itráhyar káru itrôop úthvuuyti pakúth ára upatumkôotih.
    The fact was, she charged fifteen (dollars) for sucking a person.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text

  6. pa'arara'êem uum ára upatumkôotih.
    The Indian Doctor sucked people.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  7. xás vaa vúra xánahich tupatúmkoo.
    And she sucked at it for a little while.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text