Dictionary entry
chekas • n • donkey
Lexicon record # 44 | Source reference(s):
FS(B198)
Semantic
domain: hoofed mammals
Derivation: borrowed from English jackass
Sentence examples (3)
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Kwesee yok suewee eyk 'eketkwelee' kue 'we-nah kue ka'ar chekas nekah ho soo hee' tue' weetee' 'eketkwelee'.
And his donkey was tied up there with him.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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Kue wee' 'o key kue nah chekas skelee keech lechee'.
The donkey standing there had fallen down.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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'O noonoo laa pey, Kwelekw keech tmoolok' kue k'e-nah kue k'e-chekas.
... I shot your donkey.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)