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xúriha / xúrihi- to be hungry
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lexicon ID #6924 | revised Jun 09 2023
xúriha / xúrihi- • V • to be hungry
Derivatives (4)
xúnihanach "woman's name, Mary Sneaden"
xuniháyaachha "to be very hungry"
xúriha "hunger"
xúrihar "woman's name"
Source: WB 1635, p.398
Note: First person sg. subject can be na- or ni-, e.g. tanaxúriha or tanixúriha 'I'm hungry'. Cf. xuun 'acorn soup ; acorn mush' .
- teexúrihahum. Are you hungry? [Reference: KV]
- xás vúra tooxúriha pihnêefich. And Coyote was hungry. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 130]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (39)