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ásar / asara- juicy
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lexicon ID #612 | revised Oct 31 2014
ásar / asara- • ADJ • juicy
| Derivation: | áas-ar |
| water-having |
Derivative (1)
sunyithih'ásar "chinquapin nut mush"
- peeheera'ípa uum vúra iváxrah kúnish koovúra, pu'ásarhara. The tobacco stalk is all sort of dry, it's not juicy. [Reference: TK 48.28]
See áas 'water, juice' See -ar2 'characterized by'
Sentence examples (4)
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sunyíthih kun'íshavsiprimti sunyithih'ásar.
They paid him with chestnuts, a panful of chestnuts.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
kári xás hinupáy uvíshtaanti sunyithih'ásar.
Because he liked chestnut mush.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
uum táay musunyithih'ásar ushavsiprinahi.
He was paid much chestnut mush for treating him.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
peheeraha'íppa uum vúra iváxra kúnish koovúra,
pu'ássarhara,
sákriiv.
The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text