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imchax to get hot, said of weather or persons
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lexicon ID #2406 | revised Aug 22 2005
imchax • V • to get hot, said of weather or persons
Derivatives (5)
imcháaxripaa "(heat) to come out, to emanate from a fire"
imchax "heat"
imcháxaha "sunshine"
imcháxaha "to be sunshine; (sun) to shine"
imchaxeekyávan "cicada"
Source: WB 572, p.344
- xay ímchax. Don't get burned! [Reference: Richardson 1993:24]
- vúra tóomchax, tapukúnish kêenatihara. He was hot, he could hardly move. [Reference: KT 123.14]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (8)