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áhachak / ahachaku- to withhold (something) from (someone), to hold out on
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #173 | revised Oct 31 2014
áhachak / ahachaku- • V • to withhold (something) from (someone), to hold out on
| Derivation: | áha-chak |
| áha--closing.up |
Source: WB31, p.315
- hári ti'áhachakunaa pamitúnvivv. You sometimes held out on your children. [Reference: WB T24.39]
See -chak 'closing up'
Sentence examples (6)
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xás pa-'asiktávaan u-xús naa ni-xú-ti kin-'áhachaku-tih then the-woman 3s(>3)-think 1sg. 1s(>3)-think-DUR 3>1pl-withhold.from-DUR And the woman thought, "I think he's holding out on us." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textnaa ni-xú-ti kin-'áhachaku-tih 1sg. 1s(>3)-think-DUR 3>1pl-withhold.from-DUR I think he's holding out on us." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full texthínupa vúra kin-'áhachaku-tih surprise Intensive 3>1pl-withhold.from-DUR He's holding out on us. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textvaa kúth kin-'áhachaku-tih so because.of 2>1pl-withhold.from-DUR For that purpose you held out on us." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkáruma yáan u-'áhachak-vunaa-tih in.fact recently 3s(>3)-withhold.from-PL-DUR The truth was that he had just been holding out on them. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkári xás u-píip hári t-i-'áhachaku-naa pa-mi-túnviiv then then 3s(>3)-say sometime PERF-2s(>3)-withhold.from-PL the-2sPOSS-children Then (his wife) said, "You held out on your children at various times. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text