Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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chêech quickly
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1100 | revised Oct 31 2014
chêech • ADV • quickly
Source: WB 285, p.330
Note: A shortening of chéemyaach.
Sentence examples (8)
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chêech kiikárihi!
You all get ready fast!Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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vúra uum chêech tutátuyish.
She is sweeping it fast.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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chêech tutátuyishrih paporch.
She is sweeping the porch fast.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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vúra chêech tutátuyishrih paporch.
She is sweeping the porch fast.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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kupánakanakana. chêech ík vúra ishyâat imshírihraavish.
kupánakanakana. Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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káru chêech ík ataychúkinach i'uunúpraveesh.
And young brodiaea plant, you must come up quickly.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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chêech ík vúra kupthítheesh."
"You must finish weaving quickly."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
xás chêech kunípthith.
And they quickly finished weaving.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text