Ararahih'urípih
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keechxâach (old) widow

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lexicon ID #3785 | revised Mar 16 2015

keechxâach • N • (old) widow

Derivation:  kéechxav-ach
widow.(old)-DIM

Derivatives (2)
keechxâachha "to become a widow"
keechxach'ápxaan "widow's hat, with hole in top"

Source: WB 866, p.360

Note: Dimin. of kéechxav.

  • âanxus uthitívanik, káruk keechxâach úkrii. Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 001]

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  1. hínupay   t-óo   kfúukiraa   pa-keechxâach  
    surprise   PERF-3s(>3)   grab   the-widow.(old)  
    And he caught hold of the shave-head (widow).
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. âanxus   u-thitív-anik   káruk   keechxâach   ú-krii  
    weasel   3s(>3)-hear-ANC   upriver   widow.(old)   3s(>3)-live  
    Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  3. mâaka   kíxumnipaa-k   asimváram   t-óo   kyâa-heen   pa-keechxâach  
    little.uphill   corner.of.house.pit-Locative   bed   PERF-3s(>3)   make-ANT   the-widow.(old)  
    In the uphill corner the widow had made a bed.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  4. âanxus   kúna   u-'árihish   keechxâach   tíiptiip   áahrishuk   keechxâach   tíiptiip   áahrishuk  
    weasel   in.addition   3s(>3)-sing   widow.(old)   Woodwardia.fern   áahrishuk   widow.(old)   Woodwardia.fern   áahrishuk  
    Weasel sang in turn, "keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk, keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  5. xáyva   âanxus   pa-keechxâach   mâaka   u-paathrípaa  
    by.luck   weasel   the-widow.(old)   little.uphill   3s(>3)-throw.inland  
    By luck Weasel threw the widow into (the corner) uphill.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  6. xás   ú-xrar   pa-keechxâach  
    then   3s(>3)-weep   the-widow.(old)  
    Then the widow wept.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  7. xás   pa-keechxâach   u-'iv  
    then   the-widow.(old)   3s(>3)-die  
    So the widow died.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text