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axmáy'ik suddenly; at one moment
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #925 | revised Oct 08 2014
axmáy'ik • ADV • suddenly; at one moment Variant: axméek.
| Derivation: | axmay ik |
| suddenly must |
Source: WB 224.1, p.327
Note: With irreg. contraction in the second alternant.
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hâari axmáy'ik vúra fátaak tá kun-mah vaa vúra taay pá-tayiith xás sú' pa-tá kun-'ûupvakurih sometime suddenly Intensive somewhere PERF 3pl(>3s)-see that Intensive much the-Brodiaea then inside NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-dig.into.for.roots Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under. Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text