v. to lift up
1. huksukuta, 'I am going to lift a person up [in my arms]' (could hardly use this verb of lifting a stick of wood).
2. huksukuta, huksuwaya, 'I am going to lift this box off the floor' (I am going to stand it on end) (idiom).
3. masǝx kʰsi’q̓om kʰe’en kʰsukutà ’an yǝti’iškom̓, 'two times three is six' (as he does this he closes the three fingers - little finger side of hand - and opens again).
4. kʰsiq̓om yǝtipake’es kʰe’enlà kʰsukutà ’an ka’aškom̓, 'five times five is ten (lit., ‘I double five and I lift up [to] ten’).'
Morph.: [<su- (caus) + kuta (get up)>]
Cross References:
  • kuta to get up; to slope up
Ref: 90.0614.1

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