Ararahih'urípih
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keechxâach (old) widow

Dictionary Entry
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]

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  1. hínupay tóo kfúukiraa pakeechxâach.
    And he caught hold of the shave-head (widow).
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. âanxus uthitívanik " káruk keechxâach úkrii."
    Weasel heard that a widow lived upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  3. mâaka kíxumnipaak asimváram tóo kyâaheen pakeechxâach.
    In the uphill corner the widow had made a bed.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  4. âanxus kúna u'árihish " keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk, keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk."
    Weasel sang in turn, "keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk, keechxâach tíiptiip áahrishuk."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  5. xáyva âanxus pakeechxâach mâaka upaathrípaa.
    By luck Weasel threw the widow into (the corner) uphill.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  6. xás úxrar pakeechxâach.
    Then the widow wept.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  7. xás pakeechxâach u'iv.
    So the widow died.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text