'ehaa llekup
English: Translation
puddle
Part of Speech
phrase
Semantic Domain
Water, bodies of water and the water cycle
Dialect
Santa Ysabel
Notes
'Ehaa llehup in Mesa Grande. Pronunciation here is different; llekup is not seen in isolation.
This phrase describes "a hole of water" or "water forms a hole (puddle)": from 'ehaa "water" and llehup (llehuup) "is a hole in the ground". Tiipay equivalent hach psurr, related to verb psul "has a hole in it"