Spilyáy

Coyote, the legendary character. iwačá wapsúx Spilyáy ku pakúuk iwačá paláy ‘Coyote was smart and sometimes he ws stupid’; Spilyáy itamáynačɨnx̣ana áčašpa ku qáayk iqáq̓inunx̣ana ‘Coyote would put [buttercups] in his eyes and suddenly he would see the light’; spilyaynmí tamánwit ‘Coyote’s law’; spilyaynmí áčaš ‘buttercups, contact lenses’; Spilyáywi ‘act like Coyote, copy or mimic’. [NP /ˀiceyéye/; niséew̓eynuu (sometimes in myth texts).]