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kúha / kuhí- to be sick, be hurt
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3957 | revised Oct 31 2014
kúha / kuhí- • V • to be sick, be hurt
Derivatives (7)
ipkúuhpa "to be sick again"
kúha "illness"
kuhaan "sickly person"
kúhar "sick person, invalid"
kuhíichva "to pretend illness"
kuhíkir "to become ill by eating something"
vishvankuha'ánav "fern sp."
Source: WB 910, p.362
Note: Perh. refers to less serious illness than yíkiha.
- mít nákuhitihat, kúna vúra payêem tani'aráriihkanha. I was sick, but now I'm well. [Reference: KV]
- uum vúra puxichayáach pookupakúhahiti. He's really sick. [Reference: Harrington "Grammar" 390]
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