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êechur / êechuru- to take off of
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lexicon ID #1226 | revised Oct 31 2014
êechur / êechuru- • V • to take off of
| Derivation: | êeth-sur |
| carry-off |
- víri vaa takun'êechur áraarak. Then they take it off the person. [Reference: Nettie Reuben, "Doctoring", 1950b:67.]
- káru patusúpaaha kári kúkuum tu'êechurar. And when it was day, he took it [the roof-hatch] off. [Reference: KT 159.7]
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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