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'ek-sook'

Dictionary entry

'ek-sook'vt oo-class • I shut, I close

Lexicon record # 4226 | Source reference(s): JE32 R269

Other paradigm forms

  • 3sg 'ek-so' R269

  • passive 1sg 'ek-so-yek' they lock me in FS(NYD121)

Special meaning or use

  • Mos ko-ma 'ek-see' It's loose [literally, "it's not very closed"] JE85

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (10)

  1. 'ek-sook' "I close the door" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  2. 'ek-so-yek' "someone locked me in" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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