Ararahih'urípih
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ifchuy to be crowded

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lexicon ID #1466 | revised Nov 03 2005

ifchuy • V • to be crowded

Derivative (1)
ifchuypíithva "to be crowded"

Source: WB 404, p.335

  • xás ithyûukirukam vúra takunífchuy. And it was crowded on the other side of the house. [Reference: KS43. Frog and Moon 025]
  • 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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  1. xás   koovúra   kun-pakúriihva-naa   kun-ipêer   ôok   ichvánihich   tá   nú-fchuy  
    then   all   3pl(>3s)-sing.songs-PL   3pl(>3s)-say.to   here   little.bit   PERF   1pl(>3)-be.crowded  
    Then all sang. They told him: "Come a little this way, we are crowded."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text