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. púyava kári xas kúkuum kêechich vúra nipárupkurih.
    Good. I kept on and made the hole large enough.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. kâan xas kêechas péeshpuk cháavura áxxak nimma.
    And right there I found two big gold nuggets.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  3. yánava káan utháaniv kêeshichas vêeshur.
    There he lay, a big buck.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. hâari víriva káakum kêe[chas] úruhsas
    Sometimes, some of the big ones are round.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. pavíkahar kêechasahiruva, I couldn't do that.
    If the “weavers” (the sticks you weave with) are too big, I couldn't do that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. But my weavers, uum kêechashiruva.
    But my weavers, they're too big.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. manâa puxutihara xáy kêechas nihruv.
    Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. kêechas vúra patakâakaa.
    The quails are big.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  9. pakêechas vúra tá kuníkxiipshur.
    The big ones flew away.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  10. xás vúra uum vaa káan xás uupíipha vúra uum kêech papúufich uum, vúra uum máath.
    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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  11. xás vaa vúra uum kêech káru.
    And it was really big.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  12. xás vúra vaa kêech papúufich.
    It was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  13. " vúra uum kêech papúufich.
    "It was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  14. xás vaa káan kêechas vúra páramva pa'íshaha.
    We had to heat the water there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  15. pukêechhara.
    It is not big.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  16. yáv vúra yâamach payupsítanach, xás vúra uum pakêech úkyav, xás vúra uum imusakêem.
    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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  17. kêech, saamvaróokaam.
    It was big, a big creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  18. xás úuth upiytúykaanva páyuux, uknamxánahich mú'uuthkam, víri vaa kumá'ii pakêech usirishkírahitih.
    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

  19. xás payeeripáxvu tóo kêechha, xás yâamach tu'íifship.
    And the girl got big, and she grew up pretty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  20. xâatik vúra yárarahi, iim tée kêechha.
    You should get married, you've gotten big.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  21. vúra yítha kéech.
    There's one real big one.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  22. vaa kíri ni'av, pakéech."
    Let me eat that one, the big one!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  23. xás káan ás utháaniv, kéech.
    And a rock lay there, a big one.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  24. ikxunanáhaanich kun'íin mukeechíkyav xákaan.
    Evening Star lived with his sweetheart.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  25. kári xás pa'asiktávaan uxús " ii! ninikeechíkyav.
    And the woman thought, "Oh, my sweetheart!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  26. hûut ník vúra panikupeepmáhaheesh paninikeechíkyav."
    How will I ever see my sweetheart again?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  27. vaa xasík vúra panikupeepmáhaheesh paninikeechíkyav."
    That way I'll see my sweetheart again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  28. " ii! ninikeechíkyav, mít tá nupáxviiphat.
    "Oh, my sweetheart! we quarreled.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  29. ii! ninikeechíkyav, tá nasáyriihva.
    Oh, my sweetheart, I am lonesome!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  30. ayukîi ninikeechíkyav.
    Hello, my sweetheart!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  31. peekxuraráhaan pamukeechíkyav puráan tá kuníkfuukiraa.
    Evening Star and his sweetheart (finally) clasped one another.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  32. asiktávaan mukeechíkyav xákaan vúra puxích puráan tá kuntápkuuputih.
    A woman and her sweetheart loved each other very much.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  33. pâanpay vúra tá kêech pa'avansáxiich.
    After a while the boy (living with his kidnappers) got big.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  34. yána vúra kêech tu'uh.
    He saw that it had risen high.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text