Ararahih'urípih
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êechip / êechipriv- to pick up, raise, lift, carry

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1225 | revised Oct 31 2014

êechip / êechipriv- • V • to pick up, raise, lift, carry

Derivation:  êeth-sip
carry-up

Source: WB 344.1, p.332; JPH ethno ?:200

  • êechip. Take it! [Reference: Richardson 1993:25]
  • yíth kúna îin takun'êechipriv. Each one in turn was carrying her. [Reference: KT 131.6]

Sentence examples (6)


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  1. xas    u'êechip    pa'as    pa'asayâamach   
    then    he.picked.it.up    the.rock    the.pretty.rock   
    Then he picked it up, that rock, that pretty rock.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. xás    u'êechip    xás    ahíramak    úyuunkuri    pamuxváa    achvúun    atipimámvaan    muxvâa    ukimfíruraanik   
    then    he.picked.him.up    then    in.the.fireplace    he.held.it.in.the.fire    his.head    hookbill.salmon    buzzard    his.hair    he.burned.it.off   
    And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  3. áxak    pasára    ni'êechipreevish   
    two    the.bread    I.will.pick.it.up   
    I'll take two pieces of bread.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  4. pa'ás    u'êechip    asayâamach   
    the.rock    he.picks.up    pretty.rock   
    He picked up the rock, the pretty rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    u'êechip   
    then    then    he.picked.it.up   
    And he picked it up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    u'êechip    pa'apuroonpûuvish   
    then    then    she.picked.up    the.charm-bag   
    And she picked up the charm-bag.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text