Ararahih'urípih
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ixrah to thirst for

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lexicon ID #3517 | revised May 23 2005

ixrah • V • to thirst for

Source: WB 806, p.356

Note: Occurring only in the idiom íshaha tóoxrah or áas tóoxrah 's/he's thirsty'.

  • xás pihnêefich uxus, íshaha tanéexrah. And Coyote thought, "I'm thirsty." [Reference: KT 136b.38]

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  1. íshaha húm tée xrah?
    Are you thirsty?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. xás uxus: "vúra puna'áveeshara. xáy áas néexrah."
    Then he thought: "I am not going to eat it, I shouldn't get thirsty for water."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. xás uxus: "íshaha tá néexra."
    Then he thought: "I am thirsty for water."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. uum puxích íshaha tá néexra.
    I am very thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  5. iim íshaha téexra?
    Are you thirsty?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  6. naa punéexratihara.
    I am not thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  7. íshaha tá néexrah.
    I am thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  8. iim tée xrah?
    Are you thirsty?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  9. iimkun tá kúxrah?
    Are you all thirsty?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  10. íshaha tá kúxrah?
    Are you guys thirsty?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  11. íshaha húm tée xrah?
    Are you thirsty?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  12. hãã vúra kúnish tá néexrah.
    I'm sort of thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  13. hãã vúra puxich tá néexrah.
    I'm really thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  14. hãã vúra uum púxich tá néexrah.
    Yes, I'm very thirsty.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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  15. xás íshaha tóo xrah.
    And he got thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  16. vúra tóo xra pa'íshaha.
    He really got thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  17. kári xás chavúra tóo xrah, vúra tóo xra pa'íshaha.
    And finally he got thirsty, he really got thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  18. vúra tá kâarim, tóo xra íshaha.
    He was really bad off, he was thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  19. kári xás " ii! púya íf íshaha tá néexrah."
    "Oh, how thirsty I am!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  20. tóo xra pa'íshaha, vúra tuváxrah.
    He was thirsty, he was so dry.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  21. kári xás uxus, " púya íf tá néexrah."
    And he thought, "How thirsty I am!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  22. kóova íshaha tóo xrah.
    He was so thirsty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  23. kári xás uxus, " ii! vúra tá puná'uumara, vúra íshaha tá néexrah."
    And he thought, "Oh, I can't reach it, I'm really thirsty."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  24. kíri íshaha úxrah."
    May he get thirsty!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  25. chímiva vaa kúna ukúupha, íshaha úxrah.
    Soon he did this also, he got thirsty.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  26. pa'íshaha tóo xrah.
    He was thirsty.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  27. vúra íshaha tóo xrah.
    He was really thirsty.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  28. xás vúra íshaha tóo xra puxich.
    And he got very thirsty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  29. xás íshaha tóo xrah.
    And he got thirsty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  30. xás vúra puxích tóo xrah, xás " chími íshaha kan'îishi."
    Then he got very thirsty, and (he thought) "Let me drink water!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  31. kíri chími áas uxráheesh."
    Let him get thirsty!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  32. kári xás uxus, " íshaha tá néexrah."
    And he thought, "I'm thirsty."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  33. kári xás u'ípahoo, vúra tóo xrah.
    So he went on, he was really thirsty.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text