Dictionary entry
che-kas • 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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Kwe-see yok sue-wee eyk 'e-ket-kwe-lee' kue 'we-nah kue ka-'ar che-kas ne-kah ho soo hee' tue' wee-tee' 'e-ket-kwe-lee'.
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 che-kas ske-lee keech le-chee'.
The donkey standing there had fallen down.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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'O noo-noo laa pey, Kwe-lekw keech tmoo-lok' kue k'e-nah kue k'e-che-kas.
... I shot your donkey.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)