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vúra Intensive; an element that emphasizes an utterance; sometimes translated "just", as in vúra yav "just fine." Of emphatic meaning; often used in qualifier phrases.
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lexicon ID #6675 | revised 14 Nov 2005
vúra • PCL • Intensive; an element that emphasizes an utterance; sometimes translated "just", as in vúra yav "just fine." Of emphatic meaning; often used in qualifier phrases..
Source: WB 1577, p.396
- hûut kích iim -- naa vúra yav. How are you? I'm just fine. [Reference: WB files]
- xás nipiip, puu, xâatik vúra nipípas. And I said, "No, let me just take him home." [Reference: G836.5 Violet's Dog, Line 4.]
- ahup'ikrívkirhanik vúra, áhup vúrahanik pamukun'ikrívkir. They were wooden seats, their seats were made of wood. [Reference: TK 96.16]