Ararahih'urípih
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kêech big, large

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3779 | revised Mar 09 2015

kêech • ADJ • big, large

Derivation:  -kaam-ich
-large-DIM

Derivatives (8)
kêechas "big, large (plural)"
kêechha "to be big"
kêechich "bigger"
keechíkyav "sweetheart, friend"
kéechriik "big place"
kêeshich "bigger"
kêeshichasaha "to be bigger"
keech'íihyan "Preston Peak"

Source: WB 846.1, p.359

Note: Never occurs in compounds, where -kaam is used instead. The plural is kêechas; the diminutive is kêechich.

  • pukêechhiruravhara. It's not too big. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 329]
  • xás îikam kêech vúra pakuntátuyshur. And outside they swept off a big space. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 065]

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  1. kâan   xas   kêech-as   p-éeshpuk   cháavura   áxxak   ni-mma  
    there   then   big-PL   the-dentalium.shells   finally   two   1s(>3)-see  
    And right there I found two big gold nuggets.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  2. kêech-as   vúra   pa-takâakaa  
    big-PL   Intensive   the-valley.quail  
    The quails are big.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  3. pa-kêech-as   vúra   tá   kun-íkxiipshur  
    the-big-PL   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-fly.away  
    The big ones flew away.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  4. xás   vúra   uum   vaa   káan   xás   u-upíipha   vúra   uum   kêech   pa-púufich   uum   vúra   uum   máath  
    then   Intensive   3.SG   that   there   then   3s(>3)-carry.in.hand   Intensive   3.SG   big   the-deer   3.SG   Intensive   3.SG   heavy  
    So [when he got] there, he said? the deer was really big, it was really heavy.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  5. xás   vaa   vúra   uum   kêech   káru  
    then   so   Intensive   3.SG   big   also  
    And it was really big.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  6. xás   vúra   vaa   kêech   pa-púufich  
    then   Intensive   that   big   the-deer  
    It was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  7. vúra   uum   kêech   pa-púufich  
    Intensive   3.SG   big   the-deer  
    "It was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  8. pu-kêech-hara  
    NEG-big-NEG  
    It is not big.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  9. yáv   vúra   yâamach   pa-yupsítanach   xás   vúra   uum      pa-kêech   ú-kyav   xás   vúra   uum   imusakêem  
    good   Intensive   pretty   the-baby   then   Intensive   3.SG   after.while   NOMZ-big   3s(>3)-make   then   Intensive   3.SG   ugly  
    She was pretty as a baby, but after a while, when she got bigger, she looked ugly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  10. kêech   saamvaróo-kaam  
    big   creek-large  
    It was big, a big creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  11. xás   úuth   u-piytúykaan-va   pá-yuux   uknamxánahich   mú-'uuthkam   víri   vaa   kumá'ii   pa-kêech   u-sirishkíra-hi-tih  
    then   out.to.water   3s(>3)-kick.into.river-PL.ACT   the-dirt   placename   3sPOSS-seaward   so   so   because.of   the-big   3s(>3)-river.bar-DENOM-DUR  
    And he kicked the dirt out in the river, out from uknamxánahich, that's why there's a big bar (there).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  12. vúra   yítha   kéech  
    Intensive   one   big  
    There's one real big one.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  13. vaa   kíri   ni-'av   pa-kéech  
    that   I.wish   1s(>3)-eat   the-big  
    Let me eat that one, the big one!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  14. xás   káan   ás   u-tháaniv   kéech  
    then   there   rock   3s(>3)-sit   big  
    And a rock lay there, a big one.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  15. pâanpay   vúra   tá   kêech   pa-'avansáxiich  
    after.while   Intensive   PERF   big   the-boy  
    After a while the boy (living with his kidnappers) got big.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  16. yána   vúra   kêech   t-u-'uh  
    visible   Intensive   big   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.(water)  
    He saw that it had risen high.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text