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wíštelkhiyA V

to be bashful towards someone, in a special sense of holding an avoidance attitude of high respect towards him or her (e.g. the attitude of mothers and sons-in law as prescribed by traditional Lakota kinship).

Paradigmatic Forms:
wíštelwakhiye I am bashful towards him (her).
wíšteluŋkhiyapi we all are bashful towards him (her).

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