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che-kas

Dictionary entry

che-kasn • donkey

Lexicon record # 44 | Source reference(s): FS(B198)
Semantic domain: hoofed mammals
Derivation: borrowed from English jackass

Sentence examples (3)

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

  3. '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)