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piksháayva / piksháayvu- to tell a lie, practice deception
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4869 | revised Oct 31 2014
piksháayva / piksháayvu- • V • to tell a lie, practice deception
Source: WB 1126, p.373
- hínu páy uum upíkshaayvuti, putáktahara, pu'araraxus'úmaanhara. There he was lying, he wasn't a doctor, he wasn't a shaman. [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 027]
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hínu páy uum upíkshaayvutih, putáktahara, pu'araraxus'úmaanhara.
There he was lying, he wasn't a doctor, he wasn't a shaman.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
papirishkâarim múmya tóo thyúruripaa,
tufúhish,
payuuxmachmahánnach upíkshaayvutih,
uum áhup u'iikívtih,
yiipahvuf'ímyah.
He pulled out Grizzly's heart, (Grizzly) believed it when Lizard lied, (Lizard) was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
hâari pa'êem kunpíkshaayvutih.
Sometimes the Indian doctors practice deception.Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text