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 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.
    She packed the basket full.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  3. mama had three tubs, tanu-- axyár tanúkyav, poopithxáheesh (...)
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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 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 were all full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  9. káru pamukrívraam upikchákiroopithva, pasípnuuk axyaráva.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    They picked the burden baskets full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text