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kâarim bad, poor, sickly
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3678 | revised Nov 17 2014
kâarim • ADJ • bad, poor, sickly
Derivatives (4)
kâanimich "poor; ugly; pitiable; impoverished"
kaarimchúphaan "a man's name, Charley Johnson"
kâarimha "to become bad, poor, unable"
tapaskâarim "very sick"
Source: WB 851, p.359
Note: Vowel remains long in compounds, e.g. pakaarimtâapas 'the worst one' (JPH "Grammar" 146). Corresponds to bound form -kêem. Plural is kâarimsha. The dimin. is kâanimich.
- vúra uum kâarim uxúti poo'áhooti ithyarukpíhriiv. Across-the-Water Widower felt bad when he was traveling. [Reference: TK 69.2]
- axíitchap uumkun vúra kâarimshahirurav. Children feel it worse. [Why axíichap?] [Reference: KT 151.4]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (26)