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keechxâach (old) widow
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lexicon ID #3785 | revised Mar 16 2015
keechxâach • N • (old) widow
| Derivation: | kéechxav-ach |
| widow.(old)-DIM |
Derivatives (2)
keechxâachha "to become a widow"
keechxach'ápxaan "widow's hat, with hole in top"
Source: WB 866, p.360
Note: Dimin. of kéechxav.
- âanxus uthitívanik, káruk keechxâach úkrii. Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 001]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (8)