Ararahih'urípih
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pimnaníh'aama summer salmon

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lexicon ID #4918 | revised Nov 08 2005

pimnaníh'aama • N • summer salmon

Literally: 'summer salmon'

Source: JPH ani 06:658

  • xás pimaníh'aama úpaanik, naa vúra pishiich yaas'ara'îin ná'aamtiheesh. And Summer Salmon said, I will be eaten first by Humankind. [Reference: KT 149.2]

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  1. xás pimaníh'aama úpaanik "naa vúra pishîich yaas'ára îin ná'aamtiheesh."
    Then Summer Salmon said: “Human will eat me the first thing (when I get there).”
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text