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imyáhumar / imyáhumara- to be exhausted (with fatigue)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2625 | revised Dec 17 2014
imyáhumar / imyáhumara- • V • to be exhausted (with fatigue)
| Derivation: | imyah-u-mar |
| breathe--u-finish.doing |
- taneemyáhumar, chími âapun. I'm exhausted, let's go lay down. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 072]
Sentence examples (3)
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tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun."
"I am tired, let me down!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun."
"I am tired, let me down!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
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