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axyanípaa to overflow
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1008 | revised Mar 12 2014
axyanípaa • V • to overflow
| Derivation: | axyar-rípaa |
| fill-toward.land |
- chavúra pasamvarúnan vaa kunaxyanípan, pa'áraar takunífchuy. Finally people were overflowing in all the creeks, people were too crowded. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 143]
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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