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axyanípaa to overflow
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1008 | revised Mar 12 2014
axyanípaa • V • to overflow
| Derivation: | axyar-rípaa |
| fill-toward.land |
- chavúra pasamvarúnan vaa kunaxyanípan, pa'áraar takunífchuy. Finally people were overflowing in all the creeks, people were too crowded. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 143]
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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