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go into a fit
mayi:ʔ
verb
go into a fit (when being doctored)

This is the word that described when someone would pass out and then wake up with the dream that makes them a doctor.

It is also used when michayin doctoring someone and they react to the doctoring: e.g. someone passed out when catching a fish. The doctor would ask what happened and the sick person would give a description of how it was unusual. The doctor would make a replica of that thing (in this case the fish.) That’s what he doctors him with - he passes that over the sick person. He mayi:jin if he starts shivering and shaking or passes out, responding to the replica. It’s a sign that this is what he came across that made him sick.

see also: take after, act like
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take after
mayi:ʔ
verb
take after

see also: act like, go into a fit
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act like
mayi:ʔ
verb
act like

see also: take after, go into a fit
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Word of the Day: January 29, 2025


strange
yuʔt̪ʰin
adjective
strange

see also: odd
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