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áhachak / ahachaku- to withhold (something) from (someone), to hold out on
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #173 | revised Oct 31 2014
áhachak / ahachaku- • V • to withhold (something) from (someone), to hold out on
| Derivation: | áha-chak |
| áha--closing.up |
Source: WB31, p.315
- hári ti'áhachakunaa pamitúnvivv. You sometimes held out on your children. [Reference: WB T24.39]
See -chak 'closing up'
Sentence examples (6)
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xás pa'asiktávaan uxús "
naa nixúti '
kin'áhachakutih.'"
And the woman thought, "I think he's holding out on us."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
naa nixúti '
kin'áhachakutih.'"
I think he's holding out on us."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
hínupa vúra kin'áhachakutih.
He's holding out on us.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
vaa kúth kin'áhachakutih."
For that purpose you held out on us."Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
káruma yáan u'áhachakvunaatih.
The truth was that he had just been holding out on them.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
kári xás upíip
" hári ti'áhachakunaa pamitúnviiv.
Then (his wife) said, "You held out on your children at various times.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text