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kumatêeshich still more
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3974 | revised Jun 26 2015
kumatêeshich • ADV • still more
| Derivation: | kuma-teesh-ich |
| 3sPOSS--teesh-DIM |
- ... hâari káru vúra áxakiich pakíshap, káru hâari vúra kumatêeshich. ... sometimes only two bundles, and sometimes more. [Reference: TK 90.11]
- kári xás ta'ítam kúkuum upútyiinkachheen, kumatêeshich. And so he defecated on it again, a little more. [Reference: WB 14: Coyote Eats His Own Excrement 028]
Sentence examples (5)
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tîi pay kich xas kumatêeshich kuna kanpútyiinkachi."
Let me do a little bit more of job on it."Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text -
xás kúkuum vúra "
xâatik vúra kumatêeshich kan'îishi."
And again (he said), "Let me drink a little more."Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
kári xás ta'ítam kúkuum upútyiinkachheen, kumatêeshich.
And so he defecated on it again, a little more.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text -
yáanchiipkam kumatêeshich kun'áraarahitih pa'áraaras.
The next year there were more people.Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text -
hâari itroopa'átiv káru vúra hâari kumatêeshich.
Sometimes there were five basket-loads and sometimes more.Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text