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váfish liver
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6411 | revised Nov 11 2005
váfish • N • liver
Derivative (1)
átvaaf "salmon liver"
Source: WB 1514, p.393
- chú pihnîich, páy miváfish. Here, old man, this is your liver (to eat)! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 021]
- mâa páy miváfish, pihnîich, chími vin. Here's your liver, old man, suck on it! [Reference: KT 144.21]
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xas kunpavyíihfuruk,
xas kun'ipêer,
"chu pihnîich pay miváfish."
And then (the ten young men) came in, and they said, "Here, old man, here is your liver!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
xas upakúriihva "súnunuk á-ni-nak ki-yánee náa puváfish navishtantihara,
And he started singing, "In secret...Tra-la-la...I don't like liver.Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
xás kunpiip, "
arákaas,
mâa páy pamiváfish."
And they said, "Old man, here! this is your liver.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text -
mâa páy pamiváfish."
Here, this is your liver!"Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text