Ararahih'urípih
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imfir / imfira- hot (of objects)

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lexicon ID #2425 | revised Nov 14 2014

imfir / imfira- • ADJ • hot (of objects)

Derivation:  imfir-a
be.hot-DEVERB

Derivatives (4)
imfinánihich "warm place"
imfiráriik "hot place"
ishímfir "brave, tough (of a person)"
vuhéemfir "toothache"

Source: WB 575.1, p.344

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (18)

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  1. hãã vúrava ishimfirákuupha vaa.
    Yes, (it was) a big happening.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  2. chavúra pâanpay imfir tuvîish.
    Then after a while it got hot.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. vúra uum puxich imfir tuvîish.
    Then it got awfully hot.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  4. pananikáfih kúnish imfir.
    My coffee is warm.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  5. pananikáfih imfir.
    My coffee is hot.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  6. pa'áraaras kúnish koovúra pa'ishímfir kuma'áraaras.
    Those guys are all tough guys.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  7. naa vúra ishímfir.
    I am really tough.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-27) | read full text
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  8. íim káru ishímfir.
    You are tough, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  9. naa vúra ishímfir íim káru ishímfir.
    I am tough and you are tough, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  10. uum vaa ishímfir.
    She is tough.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  11. íim káru ishímfir.
    You are tough, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  12. xás âanxus upíip " naa ník káru ishímfir."
    And Weasel said, "I'm tough too."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  13. kári xás uum káru ishímfir, âanaxus.
    And Weasel was tough, too.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  14. yukún uum káru ishímfir, asaxêevar veekxaréeyav.
    You see, Baldy Peak Spirit was tough too.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  15. xás pa'aséemfir tá kunturúraamnihva.
    Then they put the hot rocks in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  16. xás vaa imfiráriik tá kuníkyav vúra.
    And they made it a hot place.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  17. xás kári aséemfir tutururáamnihva.
    Then he put in hot stones.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text