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apurúvaan evil sorcerer, Indian devil
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #471 | revised Feb 18 2014
apurúvaan • N • evil sorcerer, Indian devil
Literally: 'bewitcher'
| Derivation: | ápur-va-aan |
| bewitch-PL.ACT-Agentive |
Derivative (1)
apuruvániik "placename, part of rancheria"
Source: WB 123.3, p.319
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (7)
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êem káru apurúvaan.
She was a doctor and sorcerer.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text -
uum vúra ataháriish vúra kunmáahtih,
tá kunpiip, "
u'apurúvaanhitih."
People were always seeing (a certain woman), they said, "She's a devil."Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text -
hínupa vaa káan utnûuprihti yítha pa'apurúvaan.
There was a certain devil peeking through there.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text -
yítha pa'apurúvaan úksah.
And a certain devil (accompanying the first one) laughed.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text -
kári xás ikxáram axmáy uthítiv,
axmáy uvôonfuruk pa'apurúvaan.
Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text -
kári xás pa'apurúvaan upvôonfuruk.
Then the devil came back in the house.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text -
púyava vúra tá xára kári xás pa'apurúvaan umah.
So after a long time, then the devil found her.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text