Ararahih'urípih
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êechur / êechuru- to take off of

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lexicon ID #1226 | revised Oct 31 2014

êechur / êechuru- • V • to take off of

Derivation:  êeth-sur
carry-off

  • víri vaa takun'êechur áraarak. Then they take it off the person. [Reference: Nettie Reuben, "Doctoring", 1950b:67.]
  • káru patusúpaaha kári kúkuum tu'êechurar. And when it was day, he took it [the roof-hatch] off. [Reference: KT 159.7]

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  1. uum vúra vookupitti', patóo kxáramha kári tóo pchanchákkar, káru patusúpaaha kári kyúkkuum tu'êetchúrar, patusúpaaha', tuchánchaaksurar patusúpaaha'.
    He [Coyote] was doing that way, was closing evenings the living-house roof hole and mornings opened it up, when morning came, opened it when morning came.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text