Ararahih'urípih
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imchax to get hot, said of weather or persons

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2406 | revised Aug 22 2005

imchax • V • to get hot, said of weather or persons

Derivatives (5)
imcháaxripaa "(heat) to come out, to emanate from a fire"
imchax "heat"
imcháxaha "sunshine"
imcháxaha "to be sunshine; (sun) to shine"
imchaxeekyávan "cicada"

Source: WB 572, p.344

  • xay ímchax. Don't get burned! [Reference: Richardson 1993:24]
  • vúra tóomchax, tapukúnish kêenatihara. He was hot, he could hardly move. [Reference: KT 123.14]

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (8)

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  1. chavúra   tá   xánahishich   chími   axmáy   u-'áasish   patápriha-k   vúra   t-óo   mchax   tá   pu-kunish   kêena-tih-ara  
    finally   PERF   little.while   soon   suddenly   3s(>3)-lie.down   paved.floor-Locative   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   get.hot   PERF   NEG-sort.of   move-DUR-NEG  
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. uum   puxích   tá   née-mchax  
    3.SG   very.much   PERF   1s-get.hot  
    I am hot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  3. kúmateech   uum   kúnish   u-mcháx-eesh  
    later.in.day   3.SG   sort.of   3s(>3)-get.hot-FUT  
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  4. kúmateech   uum   u-mcháx-eesh  
    later.in.day   3.SG   3s(>3)-get.hot-FUT  
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  5. kúmateechvanihich   u-mcháx-eesh  
    little.later.in.the.day   3s(>3)-get.hot-FUT  
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  6. tá   née-mchax  
    PERF   1s-get.hot  
    I am hot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  7. naa   tá   née-mchax  
    1sg.   PERF   1s-get.hot  
    I am hot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  8. xás   vúra   puxích   tá   kun-ímchax   xás   tá   kun-ástuukha  
    then   Intensive   very.much   PERF   3pl(>3s)-get.hot   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-sweat  
    And it got very hot, and they sweated.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text