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tsekaa, v.

cut with long object

Derived from: tse- "with sharp object (instrumental prefix)", -kaa "cut"

Examples

  • tsuka'yoo "cut" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • wunudu tseka "cut tree" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Nuu tonega'a tsuka'yookwu.
    I'm going to cut the flower.
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Soo nana ka mogo'ne ggwo tsekahoo.
    The man is cutting the woman's hair.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Soo mogo'ne ggwo natsekahoo.
    The woman's hair is being cut.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Ki nuu o nakahoo ka e naa'a ooka wunudu tseka'aggwunayse.
    I didn't hear my father cut down the tree.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Nuu tuggwesoo uwenna, yise soo pabatse'yoo nana ka suube tsekawunnu.
    I was sleeping when the big man cut down the tree.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)

Related words

durative  tseka'a

Examples

  • kukubetaaggoo oo tseka'amea "cut up small" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • pooeggaggoo tseka'a "chop veggies (plants) (durative)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • tseka'a "cut with sharp object (durative)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • tu ggwo tseka'a "cut one's hair (durative)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • tudukutse'yoo tseka'a "cut up small" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • tudukutse'yoo tseka'amea "cut up small" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • tuutse'yoo tseka'amea kukubeta'a "cut up small" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Naggwewa'nesoo yise oo ddzeka'a.
    You cut it like deer hide.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Naggwewa'nesoo oo ddzeka'a yise o suse'wenna, saa'a o mamggwuhoogganna yise o tsekayta.
    You cut it like a deer hide, making fringes, and later when you've finished it, you cut it.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Togge kahena ggisoo tseka'a mee.
    She said to cut it straight.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Mogo'ne puusoo natseka'a.
    The woman cut herself.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Soo nana e wo tseka'a.
    The man cut my hair.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

plural  tsekayta

Examples

  • Naggwewa'nesoo oo ddzeka'a yise o suse'wenna, saa'a o mamggwuhoogganna yise o tsekayta.
    You cut it like a deer hide, making fringes, and later when you've finished it, you cut it.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

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