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-iruv too much
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2928 | revised May 20 2013
-iruv • SUFF • too much
Derivatives (7)
ichnáhiruv "to shit on oneself"
ichnahirúvuukva "to shit all over oneself"
imkúhiruv "to get sweltered"
íviruv "to be completely exhausted"
thúriruv "to urinate on oneself"
thurirúvuukva "to urinate all over oneself"
vishtáninuv "to be greedy"
- áviruv to eat too much [Reference: WB files]
Sentence examples (5)
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yíiv vúra nuthyuruveesh,
chími âapun,
tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun,
tá nichnahirúvuukva,
chími âapun,
tá nithurirúvuukva,
chími âapun."
"We will drag you far away. Let me down, I am tired! Let me down, I am defecating all over myself, let me down, please! I am urinating all over myself, let me down!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
vúra pukúnish xutihap hûut,
tá kun'áapunma tóo mkuhiruv.
They paid no attention to him, they knew that he was getting sweltered.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
kári xás upíip "
matêe kuvaan,
tá nathurirúvuukva."
And he said, "matêe kuvaan, I'm urinating all over myself!"Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
xás upíip "
matêe kuvaan,
tá neechnahirúvuukva."
And he said, "matêe kuvaan, I'm defecating all over myself!"Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text