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-kêemich poor, inferior, old (object)
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lexicon ID #3792 | revised Mar 16 2015
-kêemich • ADJ • poor, inferior, old (object)
| Derivation: | -kêem-ich |
| -bad-DIM |
Source: WB 868.2, p.360
Note: Used only in compounds.
- ta'apxankêemich. It's already an old hat. [Reference: TK 129.16]
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pahûutva kóo yaas'ára u'íinahaak víri naa vúra kích kaná'aamtiheesh káruma apxankêemich paninípxaan however as.much.as rich.person when.it.exists so 1sg. Intensive only they.will.eat.me in.fact poor.cap my.cap However long Mankind exists, he will eat only me, (though) the fact is that my cap is a poor cap." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text