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amkúufha / amkúufhi- to give off smoke or steam
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #342 | revised Oct 31 2014
amkúufha / amkúufhi- • V • to give off smoke or steam
| Derivation: | ámkuuf-ha |
| smoke-DENOM |
- úmkuufhiti pa'íshaha. The water is steaming. [Reference: WB T10.22]
- yánava vúra áhtaay má'ninay, úmkuufhinaati, u'iinvúnaati. He saw that there were a lot of fires in the mountains, a lot of smokes, a lot of forest fires. [Reference: WB T10.22]
See -ha 'denominative'
Sentence examples (4)
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xás pakáan u'úum yánava vúra áhtaay má'ninay,
úmkuufhinaatih,
u'iinvúnaatih.
And when he got there, he saw lots of fire in the mountains, there was lots of smoke, there were forest fires.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
xás peethyáruk kunitkárati axmáy úmkuufha kufípriik.
And when they looked across-river, suddenly there was smoke in the willow-grove.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text -
peepárihrupahaak yúruk peepitvâavnukahaak imáheesh úmkuufhitih.
When you go back downriver, as you look down over, you will see there is smoke.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
víri îifuti poopitrûuputi víri kún yúruk úmkuufhitih.
Sure enough, when he looked downriver, there downriver was the smoke.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text