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kêemachkoo poor, pitiable
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lexicon ID #3791 | revised Mar 16 2015
kêemachkoo • ADJ • poor, pitiable
| Derivation: | -kêem-ach koo |
| -bad-DIM so.much |
Source: WB 868.1, p 360
Note: Plural is kêemachkoos.
- kêemachkoo nini'íkam. My poor son-in-law! [Reference: WB T20.48]
- kêemachkoos, pá'iimkun pávaa kumá'ii kóo yíiv táku'uum. You poor things, that you came so far for that reason! [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 082]
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