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chanchákar / chanchákan- to go to close the roof-hatch
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1076 | revised Oct 31 2014
chanchákar / chanchákan- • V • to go to close the roof-hatch
| Derivation: | chanchak-ar | (= chan-chak-ar) |
| choke(?)-go.to | (= chan-closing.up-go.to) |
Derivative (1)
chanchákar "roof board on top of house"
- uum vúra vaa ukupiti, patookxáramha kári toopchanchákar. He was doing that way, when it was evening he would close the roof-hatch. [Reference: KT 159.6]
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uum vúra v-oo-kupi-tti' pa-t-óo kxáramha kári t-óo p-chanchákkar káru pa-t-u-súpaaha kári kyúkkuum t-u-'êetchúr-ar pa-t-u-súpaaha' t-u-chánchaaksur-ar pa-t-u-súpaaha' 3.SG Intensive so-3s(>3)-do-DUR NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3) be.night then PERF-3s(>3) ITER-go.to.close.roof-hatch also NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-become.day then again PERF-3s(>3)-take.off.of-go.to NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-become.day PERF-3s(>3)-close.roof-hatch-go.to NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-become.day He [Coyote] was doing that way, was closing evenings the living-house roof hole and mornings opened it up, when morning came, opened it when morning came. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text