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    kêechas    péeshpuk    cháavura    áxxak    nimma   
    there    then    big.ones    the.gold    finally    two    I.saw.them   
    And right there I found two big gold nuggets.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  2. kêechas    vúra    patakâakaa   
    big.ones    Intensive    the.quails   
    The quails are big.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  3. pakêechas    vúra    tá    kuníkxiipshur   
    the.big.ones    Intensive    PERF    they.flew.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    uupíipha    vúra    uum    kêech    papúufich    uum    vúra    uum    máath   
    then    Intensive    3.SG    that    there    then    he.said?    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    papúufich   
    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    papúufich   
    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. pukêechhara   
    not.big   
    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    payupsítanach    xás    vúra    uum        pakêech    úkyav    xás    vúra    uum    imusakêem   
    good    Intensive    pretty    the.baby    then    Intensive    3.SG    after.while    when.big    she.made?    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    saamvaróokaam   
    big    big.creek   
    It was big, a big creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  11. xás    úuth    upiytúykaanva    páyuux    uknamxánahich    mú'uuthkam    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    pakêech    usirishkírahitih   
    then    out.to.water    he.kicked.it.out.into.water    the.dirt    placename    toward.the.water.from.it    so    so    because.of    the.big.one    it.is.a.river.bar   
    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    pakéech   
    that    I.wish    I.eat.it    the.big.one   
    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    utháaniv    kéech   
    then    there    rock    it.lay    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    tu'uh   
    visible    Intensive    big    it.had.risen   
    He saw that it had risen high.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text