cheliv. t.to bear; to bring forth young, applied to animals and some plants and not to the human species; to cub; to foal; to teem; to whelp; to lay; to calve; to pig; to spawn; to kid; to breed; to blow; to deposit eggs, as flies; to bear, as vines; okcha̱k ʋt cheli, the muskmelon bears; shukshi ʋt cheli, the watermelon bears; isito ʋt cheli, the pumpkin bears; to draw interest, as money lent out; tʋli holisso ʋt cheli, the money bears interest.