Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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imfir / imfin- (objects) to be hot

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2424 | revised Dec 16 2014

imfir / imfin- • V • (objects) to be hot

Derivatives (9)
imfíinka "to be hot on (something)"
imfinánihich "warm place"
imfir "hot (of objects)"
imfir "heat (of objects)"
imfíraha "to get hot; to feel pain"
imfiráriik "hot place"
imfiruvasîip "(steam) to rise up {?}"
ishímfir "brave, tough (of a person)"
vuhéemfir "toothache"

Source: WB 575, p.344

  • chémyaach umpáteesh poomfírahaak. It will soon break when it gets hot. [Reference: TK 95.26]

Sentence examples (2)

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  1. pa-mi-káfih   chími   ni-'imfír-eesh  
    the-2sPOSS-coffee   soon   1s(>3)-be.hot-FUT  
    I'm going to heat up your coffee.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  2. púyava   pa-t-óo   mfír-ahaak   pá-yaaf   tá   kun-'ákith-ramni   tharámpuukrav-ak  
    you.see   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   be.hot-when   the-acorn.dough   PERF   3pl(>3s)-handle.(soft.mass)-into   cooking.basket-Locative  
    When they were hot, they put the acorn dough into a cooking basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text