Ararahih'urípih
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pikshayvûunish to tell lies to, to lie to (someone); to deceive

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4872 | revised Nov 08 2005

pikshayvûunish • V • to tell lies to, to lie to (someone); to deceive

Source: WB 1126.2, p.373

  • xás pâanpay xás uxús naa nixúti napikshayvûunishti. Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me." [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 036]

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  1. kinpiksháyvuunishtih.
    He's deceiving us.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  2. ta'ítam chími nuykan, tá kinpiksháyvuunish."
    So let's kill him, he's deceiving us!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  3. xás pâanpay xás uxús " naa nixúti ' napikshayvûunishti,' yukún koovúra vaa umúsahiti panunú'uup, káru uum vúra vaa umúsahiti panini'áka.
    Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me, everything looks like our things, and he looks just like my father."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  4. upikshayvûunishvunaati pa'áraar.
    She was deceiving the Indians.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text