Ararahih'urípih
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sivshap plug, seal up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5447 | revised Dec 03 2015

sivshap • V • plug, seal up

Derivation:  siv-sap
siv-closing.up

Derivative (1)
sivsháapsur "to become unplugged"

Source: WB 1243, p.380

  • chími panini'afupchúrax chími kanipshivshâapi. Let me seal up my anus. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 038]

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  1. xás uxús " chími panini'afupchúrax chími kanipshivshâapi."
    And he thought, "Let me seal up my anus."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás pamu'afupchúrax vaa kumûuk upsívshap.
    And he sealed up his anus with that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. tá íp nipshívshaapat panini'afupchúrax."
    I've sealed up my anus."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. hinupáy íp pa'axváha mûuk upsívshaapat hinupáy vaa poo'iinkútih.
    There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. xás " chími kanipshivshápvaani."
    So (he said), "Let me plug myself up."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. xás upsívshap.
    Then (the water) closed up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text