Ararahih'urípih
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kêemachkoo poor, pitiable

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lexicon ID #3791 | revised Mar 16 2015

kêemachkoo • ADJ • poor, pitiable

Derivation:  -kêem-ach koo
-bad-DIM so.much

Source: WB 868.1, p 360

Note: Plural is kêemachkoos.

  • kêemachkoo nini'íkam. My poor son-in-law! [Reference: WB T20.48]
  • kêemachkoos, pá'iimkun pávaa kumá'ii kóo yíiv táku'uum. You poor things, that you came so far for that reason! [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 082]

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  1. ni-pí-ti   kêemachkoo   nini-'íkam  
    1s(>3)-say-DUR   poor.(pitiable)   1sPOSS-son-in-law  
    "I'm saying, 'My poor son-in-law!'"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  2. xás   âanaxus   u-xus   kêemachkoo-s  
    then   weasel   3s(>3)-think   poor.(pitiable)-PL  
    And Weasel thought, "Poor fellows!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text