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Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7239 | revised Feb 17 2016
yúup • N • eye
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ahyúpanach "glow-worm; arrow target"
ahyupanachvákay "glow-worm"
áhyuup "wildcat"
araramvanyupsítanach "horsefly"
askanyupthúkirar "legendary animal, identified with the African lion by some speakers"
ikxaramkunishsimsímyuup "sun glasses"
simsímyuup "eye-glasses"
upichváyuuphitihach "name for a dog with spots over its eyes"
xakararáyuup "both eyes"
yupastáran "tear (from weeping)"
yupastáranha "to weep, to mourn"
yupátrih "eyelash"
yupatrih'ávahkam "eyebrow"
yupchúkinanach "panther (dimin.)"
yupíknaaxar "cross-eyed"
yúpin "forehead"
yúpinich "name of a woman, Julia Belle (Christy Stanshaw's mother), when she was little"
yupínsiih "pronghorn antelope"
yupípih "eyebrow, forehead"
yupíptaakar "region of cheekbone, at outer corner of eye and just below the eye"
yúpipux "woman's name ; Nelly Snapp"
yupin'úruhar "name of a woman, sister of sayníihvach"
yupsírih "blue glass bead"
yupsírih "to be blind"
yupsírihar "blind"
yupsirihpírish "a plant, brooklime"
yupsítanach "baby"
yupsitanachpírish "plant sp., the four-o'clock"
yupthúkirar "panther, mountain lion"
yup'úruharas "thrush"
yupxâat "mucus from eyes"
yúupha "to open one's eyes"
Source: WB 1698, p.403; JPH ani 06:505
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asmáax yúp'aaxkunish. Towhee has red eyes. [Reference: WB T36.1]
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hínupa yúpyaach tu'ákithtir. There she threw it smack in his eye. [Reference: WB T63.12]
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yúup "eye" (spoken by Lucille Albers)
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yúup "eye" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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yúup "eye" (spoken by Alvis "Bud" Johnson)
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yúup "eye" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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yúup "eye" (spoken by Violet Super)
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