Rotten, good for nothing. See also mɨlá. čiyawáwnam wá ‘you’re no good’; iwá čiyawáw Spilyáy ‘it is the good for nothing Coyote’ (Jacobs 1929:225:16). Bruce Rigsby recorded tšyawáw. [NE čiyáw (without attributive -aw).]
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