Ararahih'urípih
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imchax to get hot, said of weather or persons

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lexicon ID #2406 | revised Aug 22 2005

imchax • V • to get hot, said of weather or persons

Derivatives (5)
imcháaxripaa "(heat) to come out, to emanate from a fire"
imchax "heat"
imcháxaha "sunshine"
imcháxaha "to be sunshine; (sun) to shine"
imchaxeekyávan "cicada"

Source: WB 572, p.344

  • xay ímchax. Don't get burned! [Reference: Richardson 1993:24]
  • vúra tóomchax, tapukúnish kêenatihara. He was hot, he could hardly move. [Reference: KT 123.14]

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  1. chavúra    tá    xánahishich    chími    axmáy    u'áasish    patáprihak    vúra    tóo    mchax    tá    pukunish    kêenatihara   
    finally    PERF    little.while    soon    suddenly    he.lay.down    on.the.pavement    Intensive    he    get.hot    PERF    not.sort.of.    he.was.not.moving   
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. uum    puxích    tá    néemchax   
    3.SG    very.much    PERF    I.am.hot   
    I am hot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  3. kúmateech    uum    kúnish    umcháxeesh   
    later.in.day    3.SG    sort.of    it.is.going.to.be.hot   
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  4. kúmateech    uum    umcháxeesh   
    later.in.day    3.SG    it.is.going.to.be.hot   
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  5. kúmateechvanihich    umcháxeesh   
    little.later.in.the.day    it.is.going.to.be.hot   
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  6. tá    néemchax   
    PERF    I.am.hot   
    I am hot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  7. naa    tá    néemchax   
    1sg.    PERF    I.am.hot   
    I am hot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  8. xás    vúra    puxích    tá    kunímchax    xás    tá    kunástuukha   
    then    Intensive    very.much    PERF    they.get.hot    then    PERF    they.sweat   
    And it got very hot, and they sweated.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text