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kákach daddy
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3729 | revised May 15 2015
kákach • N • daddy
| Derivation: | DUM-ach |
| DUM-DIM |
Source: WB 844, p.359
Note: Acts as the diminutive of ákah 'father'.
- víri vúra íf kákach poopíti vaa umúsahiti. It was true how daddy said it looked. [Reference: WB T16.21]
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xás p-oo-'úum yánava koovúra vaa u-músahi-ti pa-mukun-'îikam u-músahi-tih víri íf kákach p-oo-pí-ti vaa u-músahi-tih then NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive visible all that 3s(>3)-look-DUR NOMZ-3plPOSS-outdoors 3s(>3)-look-DUR so truly daddy NOMZ-3s(>3)-say-DUR that 3s(>3)-look-DUR And when she arrived, she saw that everything looked like it looked outside their house, it was true how daddy said it looked. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text