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êethkiv kidnap, to take someone away
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1269 | revised Mar 17 2014
êethkiv • V • kidnap, to take someone away
| Derivation: | êeth-kiv |
| carry-out.through |
Source: WB 344.4, p.332
- vúra uum yâamahukach chími nupéethkiv. It was easy for us to take her away. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 338]
- xás kári pihnêefich upiip, naa xâatik nivâaram, pá'aah nipêethkiv. So Coyote said, "Let me go, I'll take the fire away again." [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 013]
Sentence examples (3)
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kunípeenti
" axicha'êechkeepuhich yáxa íkrii."
He was told, "Look, you are a kidnapped child!"Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
" púya mâam kanéepeentih,
axicha'êechkeepuhich níkrii."
"Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
ayu'âach kanéepeentih,
axicha'êechkeepuhich níkrii."
It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text