Ararahih'urípih
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vishvaan belly

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lexicon ID #6581 | revised Jan 14 2016

vishvaan N • belly

Derivatives (6)
vishvánkaam "big-bellied"
vishvankuha'ánav "fern sp."
vishvanyáchahanach "a girls's name"
vishvanyáthahar "a woman's name"
vishvan'áran "stomach tripe, interior lining of an animal's stomach"
xahavishvantínihanach "type of spider with a white body"

Source: WB 1557, p.395

  • ikxáramkunish káru vúrahanik, vishvantírihanik káru. And he was black, and he had a flat belly. [Reference: KS 41. Spider story 009]
  • vúra kunvútnuustiheesh pa'asiktávaan, kun'êethrisuktiheesh vishvaan. They should cut the woman open, they should take (the baby) out of her belly. [Reference: KM 25.34]


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  1. vishvaan "stomach" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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  2. vishvaan "belly" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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