v. to hitch/connect (as in when attaching a wagon to horses); to glue to
1. huksuteqpeyw hesikʰkawayu, 'I am going to hitch up my horses.'
2. huksuteqpey hesikʰkawayu hesikarru, 'I am going to hitch into the wagon, hitch up.'
3. huksuteqpey hesipapeł hesilamesa, 'I am going to paste this paper to the table.'
4. no ’an ksuteqpey hesipapeł hesilamesa, 'I stick this paper to the table.'
5. ksuteqpey hesipapeł hesits̓iwis, 'I stick this paper label on this rattle.'
6. tsamsuteqpey siquyiwaš lokapeyeš kaypi kimuhušušaktǝ’ǝš, 'they stick a cora on a mortar so that the meal will not be lost.'
7. tsʰin lokašnuy kaspe’ey kinupan tsʰupołkwowo, tsʰuteqpey lo’is’iko, 'it takes the pollen of the flower and makes it into a ball and sticks it on its hip.'
8. wašwašǝtš simula ’isamsuteqpeywu sikarru tšitaxtaxšǝtš ’an ’i’ał’ałxuxani lapayik̓ulahuki ’an tšiyoxonišpi, tšiyoxonišpi hesu’ut̓am, 'mules are good when hitched to wagons but they are afraid of everything, are afraid of the water.'
Morph.: [<su- (caus) + teq- () + pey (smear; spread on)>]
Cross References:
  • maxsuteqpey to follow behind (by nature of being connected to)
  • qałtsuteqpey to tie together so as to close a space between two items
  • pey to smear; to tar; to spread on
  • teqpey to adhere; to stick to
  • wisuteqpey to make adhere by blows; to nail to
Ref: 89.237.2; 90.674.4-676.3

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