Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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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 (4)
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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 | Playvúra 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 | Playxás 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 textvíri 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