Ararahih'urípih
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áxaska to be thin, to lose weight

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #883 | revised Aug 19 2005

áxaska • V • to be thin, to lose weight

Derivative (1)
áxaska "thin (said of persons)"

Source: WB219, p.327

  • vúra uum puxích vúra tana'áxaska. I'm getting SO thin. [Reference: KV]

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  1. tá    na'áxaska   
    PERF    I.am.thin   
    I am thin.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  2. uum    tu'áxaska   
    3.SG    he.is.thin   
    He is thin.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  3. Andrew    uum    tu'áxaska   
    Andrew    3.SG    already.thin   
    Andrew is thin.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  4. pa'ávansa    uthxúunatih   
    the.man    he.is.wearing.it.on.his.head   
    The man is wearing it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  5. kóova    tu'áxaska    tóo    xúriha   
    so    he.had.been.thin    he.had    be.hungry   
    He was so thin, he was hungry.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text