Ararahih'urípih
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putyíinkach to defecate on

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5131 | revised Nov 09 2005

putyíinkach • V • to defecate on

Source: WB 1183, p.376

  • xás uxus, tîi kanpútyiinkachi. And (Coyote) thought, "I want to shit on it." [Reference: WB T14.18]

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  1. xas uxus: " tîi matêe kanpútyiinkachi páy pa'asayâamachak, vúra uum yâamach pa'as.
    Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. xas upútyiinkach.
    Then he did just a little bit of job on it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  3. tîi pay kich xas kumatêeshich kuna kanpútyiinkachi."
    Let me do a little bit more of job on it."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  4. xás uxus, " tîi kanpútyiinkachi."
    And he thought, "Let me defecate on it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  5. xás upímuustih, patupútyiinkach.
    And he looked at it again, when he had defecated on it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  6. kári xás ta'ítam kúkuum upútyiinkachheen, kumatêeshich.
    And so he defecated on it again, a little more.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text