Ararahih'urípih
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ataynamtunvêech Pleiades

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #756 | revised Oct 07 2014

ataynamtunvêech • N • Pleiades Variant: ataynamtunvêechas.

Literally: 'small stars'

Derivation:  atáyraam-tunvêech  (= atáyraam túnviiv-ach)
star-small.(pl.)  (= star children-DIM)

Source: WB 184.1, p.324

Note: JPH ethno says this is the Little Dipper.

  • xás uum asaxvuhpihnîich káru paaxíitichas, uum ataynamtunvêech kunpárihish. And Old Man Turtle and his children, they were transformed into the Pleiades ("little stars"). [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 082]
  • kári xás vaa káan umah, ataynamtunvêechas. Then he saw the Pleiades there. [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 021]

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  1. káru pa'axíitichas uum ataynamtunvêech kunpárihish.
    And the children turned into the Pleiades.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. kári xás vaa káan umah, ataynamtunvêechas.
    Then he saw the Pleiades there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text