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kêech big, large
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3779 | revised Mar 09 2015
kêech • ADJ • big, large
| Derivation: | -kaam-ich |
| -large-DIM |
Derivatives (8)
kêechas "big, large (plural)"
kêechha "to be big"
kêechich "bigger"
keechíkyav "sweetheart, friend"
kéechriik "big place"
kêeshich "bigger"
kêeshichasaha "to be bigger"
keech'íihyan "Preston Peak"
Source: WB 846.1, p.359
Note: Never occurs in compounds, where -kaam is used instead. The plural is kêechas; the diminutive is kêechich.
- pukêechhiruravhara. It's not too big. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 329]
- xás îikam kêech vúra pakuntátuyshur. And outside they swept off a big space. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 065]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (16)