Coyote, Canis latrans. [NP /ˀiceyéye/, likely Shoshoni loan where the word for ‘coyote’ is based on a verb stem, ˀisa, meaning ‘to tell a lie’. Aoki 1994:1007. Sahaptin spílya appears to be a Salish loan.]
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