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 (6)

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. pananikáfih kúnish imfir.
    My coffee is warm.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  4. pananikáfih imfir.
    My coffee is hot.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  5. xás pa'aséemfir tá kunturúraamnihva.
    Then they put the hot rocks in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

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