v. to poison
1. huksuwus ša’atǝšwǝnǝš, 'I am going to gave him some poison to eat.'
2. tsamsuwuswu ša’atǝšwǝnǝš siq̓onon kišiyaqša ’an tš̓iyuxš, 'they poison rats and they die and stink.'
3. lokanawa’a’ay̓ ’an ’ǝhǝ sa’alaxǝwǝł hemitsqanaqan yǝla’a he’išup, kasimǝy ’an ’ǝhǝnwaš, latš̓ilitš kisiyamti’iy ša’apʰanǝšmu, kał’ǝhǝ’ǝ’ǝ šał’isuwuswu ša’atǝšwǝnǝš kilokalamwǝłwu ’an katanimit̓i, 'in early times there were lots of coyotes at Ventura in the hills and there were lots of wolves, sometimes they came down to the town, the people poisoned more than they shot.'
Morph.: [<?su- (caus) + ’uw (eat)>]
Cross References: Ref: 90.709.1-3

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