Ararahih'urípih
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axyar / axyan- (contents) to fill (a container)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1009 | revised Oct 31 2014

axyar / axyan- V • (contents) to fill (a container)

Derivatives (2)
axyanípaa "to overflow"
axyar "full"

Source: WB 254, p.329

Note: Initial /a/ is lost after a prefixal vowel.

  • xás víri vúra úxyar pa'áama. And so the salmon overflowed (from a container). [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 045]


Sentence examples (12)

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  1. t-óo   xyar  
    PERF-3s(>3)   fill  
    It is full.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  2. vúra   t-óo   xyar   pa-'átimnam  
    Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   fill   the-pack-basket  
    She packed the basket full.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  3. mama   had   three   tubs   ta-nu   axyár   ta--kyav   p-oo-pithxáh-eesh  
                PERF-1pl(>3)   full   PERF-1pl(>3)-make   NOMZ-3s(>3)-wash-FUT  
    Mama had three tubs, we- we filled them, when she was going to do the wash.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  4. xás   u-píip   amtáp-ar   vúra   kan-'árihish   xás   pa-niní-yuup   ámtaap   kam-ixyan  
    then   3s(>3)-say   dust-having   Intensive   1s(>3)-become   then   the-1sPOSS-eye   dust   3s(>3)-fill  
    And he said, "Let me become covered with ashes, and let my eyes become full of ashes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  5. xás   pa-mu-'átimnam   uum   vúra   axyár   atahári  
    then   the-3sPOSS-pack-basket   3.SG   Intensive   full   always  
    And her burden basket was always full.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  6. vúra   uum   táay   pa-t-óo   piikívshiip   thíin   axyár   vúra  
    Intensive   3.SG   much   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   put.necklaces.up.on   glands.in.throat   full   Intensive  
    He had lots of necklaces on, (his neck was) full up to his throat-glands.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text
  7. pa-'áama   káan   vúra   kun-p-axyanípa-n-eesh   p-eeshkêesh   p-oo-saamvárak  
    the-salmon   there   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-ITER-overflow-PL.ACT-FUT   the-river   NOMZ-3s(>3)-flow.down.from.upriver  
    The salmon will overflow the river there as it flows down from upstream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  8. pa-mukun-'átimnam      axyará-va  
    the-3plPOSS-pack-basket   PERF   full-Distributive  
    Their burden baskets were all full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  9. káru   pa-mu-krívraam   u-pikchákiroopithva   pa-sípnuuk   axyará-va  
    also   the-3sPOSS-house   3s(>3)-be.lined.up   the-storage.basket   full-Distributive  
    And they were lined up around (the inside of) his house, the storage baskets were all full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  10. víri   kún   axyará-va   pa-kóo   kuma-'arará-'uup  
    so   meaning.unknown   full-Distributive   the-all   3sPOSS-human-possession  
    There they were all full, there was all kinds of Indian treasure.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  11. víri   chavúra   pu-'áraar   iim-tih-ara   chavúra   p-eethívthaaneen   u-p-áxyar   pa-'áraar  
    so   finally   NEG-human   die-DUR-NEG   finally   the-land   3s(>3)-ITER-fill   the-human  
    Finally no person died, finally the people filled up the earth.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  12. axyará-va      kun-'ífik   átimnam  
    full-Distributive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-pick.up   pack-basket  
    They picked the burden baskets full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text