Ararahih'urípih
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kêechha / kêechhi- to be big

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lexicon ID #3781 | revised Mar 16 2015

kêechha / kêechhi- • V • to be big

Derivation:  kêech-ha  (= -kaam-ich-ha)
big-DENOM  (= -large-DIM-DENOM)

  • xás payeeripáxvuh tóokêechha, xás yâamach tu'íifship. And the girl got big, and she grew up pretty. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 002]

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  1. xás   pa-yeeripáxvu   t-óo   kêechha   xás   yâamach   t-u-'íifship  
    then   the-adolescent.girl   PERF-3s(>3)   be.big   then   pretty   PERF-3s(>3)-grow.up  
    And the girl got big, and she grew up pretty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  2. xâatik   vúra   yárarah-i   iim   t-ée   kêechha  
    it's.better   Intensive   (woman).marry-IMPER   2sg.   PERF-2s(>3)   be.big  
    You should get married, you've gotten big.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text