Ararahih'urípih
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pishtáaxva / pishtáaxvu- to pull back one's foreskin

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lexicon ID #4995 | revised Oct 31 2014

pishtáaxva / pishtáaxvu- • V • to pull back one's foreskin

Source: WB 1154, p.375

  • kári xás ahváraak up´íshtaaxva. And then he pulled back his foreskin in a hollow tree. [Reference: WB T5.79]

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  1. kári xás ahváraak upíshtaaxva, upiip, " kíivyiihrishuki, kíivyiihrishuki."
    So he pulled back his foreskin in a hollow tree, he said, "Come out, come out!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text