Fire

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      Éénó'tóva It (fire) is dying down.
      Ééxo'äse It's burning / It's on fire.
      Éhemâxeme He has firewood.
      Néma'xêhemâxeme You have lots of firewood.
      Ého'êstánáhne He's making a fire.
      é'êšeono blocks of wood
      é'ôheonôtse chopped wood pieces
      Ho'êhahtse! Put wood in the stove!
      Náto'sêhósêho'êhähtse I'm going to put on more wood.
      Ého'êhasene He's stoking the fire / putting wood on the fire.
      Ho'êhasenêstse! Start the fire!
      Éhó'továnáhne He extinguished the fire / He turned off the light.
      Émâháne He got firewood.
      Éoo'xoemâhane He's chopping firewood.
      évôheonôtse wood chips
      Évóona'âsénáhne He had the fire going all night.
      Éxova'âsenôtse! Warm it up! (e.g. warm up the house by building a fire)
      hohkôxe axe
      ho'ësta fire, stove
      ho'ose coal
      kâhamaxe stick; kâhamaxêstse sticks; firewood
      páa'e ashes
      Tamâhanêstse! Go get firewood!


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