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êechip / êechipriv- to pick up, raise, lift, carry
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1225 | revised Oct 31 2014
êechip / êechipriv- • V • to pick up, raise, lift, carry
Derivation: | êeth-sip |
carry-up |
Source: WB 344.1, p.332; JPH ethno ?:200
- êechip. Take it! [Reference: Richardson 1993:25]
- yíth kúna îin takun'êechipriv. Each one in turn was carrying her. [Reference: KT 131.6]
Sentence examples (6)
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xas u-'êechip pa-'as pa-'asa-yâamach then 3s(>3)-pick.up the-rock the-rock-pretty Then he picked it up, that rock, that pretty rock. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textxás u-'êechip xás ahíram-ak ú-yuunkuri pa-mu-xváa achvúun atipimámvaan mu-xvâa u-kimfíruraa-nik then 3s(>3)-pick.up then fireplace-Locative 3s(>3)-put.(long.object).in.fire the-3sPOSS-head hookbill.salmon buzzard 3sPOSS-head 3s(>3)-burn.off.(hair)-ANC And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off. Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full textáxak pa-sára ni-'êechipree-vish two the-bread 1s(>3)-pick.up-FUT I'll take two pieces of bread. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa-'ás u-'êechip asa-yâamach the-rock 3s(>3)-pick.up rock-pretty He picked up the rock, the pretty rock. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textkári xás u-'êechip then then 3s(>3)-pick.up And he picked it up. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textkári xás u-'êechip pa-'apuroon-pûuvish then then 3s(>3)-pick.up the-magic.charm-bag And she picked up the charm-bag. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text