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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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xas u'êechip,
pa'as,
pa'asayâamach.
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 -
xás u'êechip xás ahíramak úyuunkuri pamuxváa,
achvúun atipimámvaan muxvâa ukimfíruraanik.
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 -
áxak pasára ni'êechipreevish.
I'll take two pieces of bread.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play -
pa'ás u'êechip, asayâamach.
He picked up the rock, the pretty rock.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text -
kári xás u'êechip.
And he picked it up.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
kári xás u'êechip pa'apuroonpûuvish.
And she picked up the charm-bag.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text