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imfir / imfira- hot (of objects)
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lexicon ID #2425 | revised Nov 14 2014
imfir / imfira- • ADJ • hot (of objects)
Derivation: | imfir-a |
be.hot-DEVERB |
Derivatives (4)
imfinánihich "warm place"
imfiráriik "hot place"
ishímfir "brave, tough (of a person)"
vuhéemfir "toothache"
Source: WB 575.1, p.344
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chavúra pâanpay imfir t-u-vîish finally after.while hot PERF-3s(>3)-come.down Then after a while it got hot. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full textvúra uum puxich imfir t-u-vîish Intensive 3.SG very.much hot PERF-3s(>3)-come.down Then it got awfully hot. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full textpa-nani-káfih kúnish imfir the-1sPOSS-coffee sort.of hot My coffee is warm. Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playpa-nani-káfih imfir the-1sPOSS-coffee hot My coffee is hot. Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Playxás pa-'as-éemfir tá kun-turúraamnih-va then the-rock-hot PERF 3pl(>3s)-put.(hot.stones).into-PL.ACT Then they put the hot rocks in. Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full textxás kári as-éemfir t-u-turu-ráamnih-va then then rock-hot PERF-3s(>3)-handle.with.implement-into-PL.ACT Then he put in hot stones. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text