Ararahih'urípih
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asúuxar fasting

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #712 | revised Feb 21 2005

asúuxar • ADJ • fasting

Source: WB171, p.324

  • vúra tapúfaathara, vúra ta'ípih, vaa kóo asúuxar tóokrii. And he was nothing, he was just bones, he had been fasting. [Reference: KS 26. Man Visits His Dead Wife 039]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. xás asúuxar kun'asíshriihva.
    And they went to bed without eating.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  2. káru payeeripáxvuhsas, avansáxiichas asuuxáras.
    And the girls and little boys were fasting.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

  3. axaksúpaa asuuxáras nu'íin káru ithéekxaram.
    We two stayed fasting for two days and a night.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text