Ararahih'urípih
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kákach daddy

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3729 | revised May 15 2015

kákach • N • daddy

Derivation:  DUM-ach
DUM-DIM

Source: WB 844, p.359

Note: Acts as the diminutive of ákah 'father'.

  • víri vúra íf kákach poopíti vaa umúsahiti. It was true how daddy said it looked. [Reference: WB T16.21]

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  1. xás poo'úum yánava koovúra vaa umúsahiti pamukun'îikam umúsahitih, víri íf kákach poopíti vaa umúsahitih.
    And when she arrived, she saw that everything looked like it looked outside their house, it was true how daddy said it looked.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text