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píhiroopithva / pihirôopithvu- to dance around (in a circle)
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lexicon ID #4776 | revised Oct 31 2014
píhiroopithva / pihirôopithvu- • V • to dance around (in a circle)
- kári xás kunpiip, nuu páy peethívthaaneen itaharâan nupíhiroopithvuti. And they said, "We dance around this earth ten times." [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 023]
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kári xás kunpíip "
nuu páy peethívthaaneen itaharâan nupíhiroopithvutih."
And they said, "We dance around this earth ten times."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
kári xás kunpíip "
pûuhara,
hôoy íf vaa ikupheesh,
itaharâan ipíhiroopithveesh."
And they said, "No, you can't do that, you will (have to) dance around ten times!"Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text