Ararahih'urípih
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axyar / axyan- (contents) to fill (a container)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1009 | revised Oct 31 2014

axyar / axyan- • V • (contents) to fill (a container)

Derivatives (2)
axyanípaa "to overflow"
axyar "full"

Source: WB 254, p.329

Note: Initial /a/ is lost after a prefixal vowel.

  • xás víri vúra úxyar pa'áama. And so the salmon overflowed (from a container). [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 045]

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  1. tóo    xyar   
    It.has    fill   
    It is full.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  2. vúra    tóo    xyar    pa'átimnam   
    Intensive    she.has    fill    the.pack-basket   
    She packed the basket full.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  3. mama    had    three    tubs    tanu    axyár    tanúkyav    poopithxáheesh   
                    PERF    full    we.filled.them    she.was.going.to.wash   
    Mama had three tubs, we- we filled them, when she was going to do the wash.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  4. xás    upíip    amtápar    vúra    kan'árihish    xás    paniníyuup    ámtaap    kamixyan   
    then    he.said    ashy    Intensive    let.me.become.it!    then    my.eyes    dust    let.it.become.full.of.it!   
    And he said, "Let me become covered with ashes, and let my eyes become full of ashes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  5. xás    pamu'átimnam    uum    vúra    axyár    atahári   
    then    her.burden.basket    3.SG    Intensive    full    always   
    And her burden basket was always full.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  6. vúra    uum    táay    patóo    piikívshiip    thíin    axyár    vúra   
    Intensive    3.SG    much    he.had    put.necklaces.up.on    glands.in.throat    full    Intensive   
    He had lots of necklaces on, (his neck was) full up to his throat-glands.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  7. pa'áama    káan    vúra    kunpaxyanípaneesh    peeshkêesh    poosaamvárak   
    the.salmon    there    Intensive    they.will.overflow.it    the.river    as.it.flows.down.from.upstream   
    The salmon will overflow the river there as it flows down from upstream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  8. pamukun'átimnam    tá    axyaráva   
    their.burden.baskets    PERF    all.full   
    Their burden baskets were all full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  9. káru    pamukrívraam    upikchákiroopithva    pasípnuuk    axyaráva   
    also    his.house    it.was.lined.up.around    the.storage.baskets    all.full   
    And they were lined up around (the inside of) his house, the storage baskets were all full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  10. víri    kún    axyaráva    pakóo    kuma'arará'uup   
    so    meaning.unknown    all.full    all    kinds.of.Indian.treasure   
    There they were all full, there was all kinds of Indian treasure.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  11. víri    chavúra    pu'áraar    iimtihara    chavúra    peethívthaaneen    upáxyar    pa'áraar   
    so    finally    no.person    he.was.not.dying    finally    the.world    they.filled.it    the.people   
    Finally no person died, finally the people filled up the earth.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  12. axyaráva    tá    kun'ífik    átimnam   
    all.full    PERF    they.picked.it.up    pack-basket   
    They picked the burden baskets full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text