Ararahih'urípih
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imchax to get hot, said of weather or persons

Dictionary Entry
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]

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  1. chavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u'áasish patáprihak, vúra tóo mchax tá pukunish kêenatihara.
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. uum puxích tá néemchax.
    I am hot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  3. kúmateech uum kúnish umcháxeesh.
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  4. kúmateech uum umcháxeesh.
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  5. kúmateechvanihich umcháxeesh.
    It's going to be hot later.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  6. tá néemchax.
    I am hot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  7. naa tá néemchax.
    I am hot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  8. xás vúra puxích tá kunímchax, xás tá kunástuukha.
    And it got very hot, and they sweated.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text