n. whale
1. tšwokš sipaxat, 'whale vertebra.'
2. tšpašpaš ’i paxat, 'vomit of a whale.'
3. tswala’àp sipaxàt, 'a whale has come ashore.'
4. lo’kapaxat ’an tsuxpay (he’alałpay), 'the whale blows water (high).'
5. lo’kapaxat ’an tšnapiyǝtus ’isoxkononò, 'the whale makes a loud noise/grunt' (this may refer to the sound of spouting).
6. lo’kapaxat kax̓anwa ’an ts[ʰ]ukutetwu ’ištałtałhǝ’ǝ̀w, 'the female whale’s offspring was suckling her.'
7. lo’kapaxat ’an kaxa’ax yǝlà’à he’išup ’ałnunà he’simuwù, 'the whale is the biggest of all animals in the sea.'
8. la’kʰan ’i tsamušt̓ewè lo’ištelèq kapaxàt kikamušašna’àł, 'when you spear a whale in the tail, it is incapacitated.'
9. lo’katšumtšumàš la’kʰan ’išiyuštǝł sipaxàt ša’alaqʰšà k̓ùwe tsisuwala’ap, 'the Chumash (islanders) when they see a dead whale, they bring it ashore.'
10. la’kʰan ’išiyuštǝł sipaxat ’išaqʰšanutš ’an tšiyušt̓ewè ka tsimaxsuwala’àp, 'when they find a dead whale they spear it and they toe it ashore.'
11. la’kʰan ’išištowš ’iškom̓ sipaxàt k̓uwé tsitaqʰmǝkǝ’ǝ̀ lo’isiwon ’išišwišteleqʰšašì, 'when two whales fight , one can hear it from afar, the hitting of the tails.'
12. lo’kapaxat ’an tsaqʰlǝw̓ǝ̀ xeremias, masǝx ši’išaw̓ ištapi ’isma’àm kitštiyǝt lo’kapaxat he’milùkʰ kisaxnapày kaskitwò, 'the whale swallowed Jeremias, after three days passed the whale threw him up onto the shore and went away.'
Cross References: Ref: 71.923.1-; 90.339.2; 91.317.1, 341.1-4

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