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vásih back (of the body; or, e.g., of a house)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6453 | revised Nov 13 2005
vásih • N • back (of the body; or, e.g., of a house)
Derivatives (7)
axavnukvásihkam "placename, a target station near Katimin"
chinimvásih ""skunk-back" basket design (O'Neale, fig. 16a, 16b) "
eethvásih ""slug-back" basket design (O'Neale, figs. 16a and 16b)"
iheerahamvanvasih'ikxúrik "whippoorwill back design, used in tobacco baskets"
kuchichvásih "lizard-back design, a diagonal-bar design used in basketry"
kuchichvásiha "to have a lizard-back design"
amkiravásih "table top"
Source: WB 1528, p.394; TK xxxiv.33
Note: Locative is vásik.
- vásik ukuhíti. His back is hurting him. [Reference: JPH ethno ?:240]
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nanivási vúrav eekiniyâach.
My back is straight.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text -
nanivási vúrava ikinayâach.
My back is straight.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
ninivási vúra vitkiniyâach tah.
My back is a regular ridge by now.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
pûu,
xáy vási néeshpat.
No, I might get my back broken.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text