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pahchewok'

Dictionary entry

pahchewok'vi oo-class • • vi o-class • I move (aggressively) [In the early twentieth century, oo-class inflection is documented for this verb; in the modern language only o-class inflection is found.]

Lexicon record # 2431 | Source reference(s): MM(YT1023) R236 JE91

Other paradigm forms

  • 3sg [oo-class] pahchewo'm MM(YT1023)

  • 3sg [o-class] pahche'w JE91

  • collective pahchuue'm

Special meaning or use

  • Cho' pahchewo'm! Fight back!, Retaliate! JE53

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kwesee' 'owoohl koy nuemee koy 'o ko'moyo'm pegahchewo'm koleen.
    Next morning very early he heard one of them moving.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)

  2. Kwesee' keemohl 'o ko'moyo'm keet pegahchewo'm 'o 'o'lepeek.
    Sure enough, he heard her moving inside the house.

    — Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)