Ararahih'urípih
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imfir / imfira- heat (of objects)

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lexicon ID #2426 | revised Nov 14 2014

imfir / imfira- • N • heat (of objects)

Derivation:  imfir-a
be.hot-DEVERB

Source: WB 575.1, p.344

  • toomxurukúvraan peemfíramuuk. They melted from the heat. [Reference: KT 123.30]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. úma   vúra   vaa   kun-pakúriihva-naa-ti   imfira-yâak  
    emphatic(?)   Intensive   so   3pl(>3s)-sing.songs-PL-DUR   heat-good.place  
    Just the same they kept on singing in the heat.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. vúra   ta-tûupichas   pa-mu-tiiv   t-oo   mxurukúvraan   p-eemfíra-muuk  
    Intensive   PERF-small.ones   the-3sPOSS-ear   PERF-3s(>3)   become.melted.down   the-heat-with.(by.means.of)  
    They were little, his ears, they were melted with the heat.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text