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iváxraahmath to dry (something)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3446 | revised Feb 28 2015
iváxraahmath • V • to dry (something)
| Derivation: | iváxrah-math | (= im-axrah-math) |
| be.dry-CAUS | (= DENOM dead.tree-CAUS) |
- niváxraahmathti. I'm drying it. [Reference: KV]
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xás u-kyâa-hi-ti pa-káan kun-iváxraahmath-ti pa-'áama káru vúra fâat vúra pa-kun-tâarahi-tih then 3s(>3)-make-ESS-DUR NOMZ-there 3pl(>3s)-dry.(something)-DUR the-salmon also Intensive what Intensive NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-have-DUR And they were made so that they dried fish there and whatever (else) they had. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text