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úux bitter
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lexicon ID #6349 | revised Nov 11 2005
úux • ADJ • bitter
Derivative (1)
imkanvá'uux "plant sp."
Source: WB 1508, p.392; TK xxxiv.24
Note: Perhaps really a noun, 'bitterness'; cf. úx'aas 'bitterness-water', e.g. liquor - but also ishahá'uux.
- ukêemishaheesh paxuun, uuxhêesh. The acorn soup will become poison, it will be bitter. [Reference: TK 97.41]
- vaa tákunpiip fâat vúrava pa'úuxhaak, úux, ihêeraha kóo 'u'uux. They say that when anything tastes bad, "It's bitter, it's as bitter as tobacco." [Reference: TK 49.18]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (9)