Ararahih'urípih
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hôoyvarihva somewhere or other

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1398 | revised Jun 26 2014

hôoyvarihva • PRON • somewhere or other

  • hôoyvarihva tooxyáthuroovaheen. He had lost them somewhere. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 061]
  • xás chí axmáy úxruunha, xás nixus, pakéevriikshahan xás vúra hôoyvarihva. And suddenly (something) growled, and I thought, "The old woman (the mother coyote) is somewhere here." [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 013]

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  1. xas   chí'axmay   u-xrúunha   xas   ni-xús   pa-kéevriikshahan   xas   vúra   hôoyvarihva   vúra  
    then   suddenly   3s(>3)-growl   then   1s(>3)-think   the-old.woman   then   Intensive   somewhere.or.other   Intensive  
    I heard a growl. I thought it must be the mother, but I didn't know where the sound came from.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. saamvároo   ithyárukirukam   súva   as   ú-xaak-ti   itharípriik   vúra   hôoyvarihva  
    creek   on.other.side.of.river   listen!   rock   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR   fir.forest   Intensive   somewhere.or.other  
    On the other side of the creek I could hear the noise of rocks somewhere in a fir thicket.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. hôoyvarihva   t-óo   xyáthuroov-aheen  
    somewhere.or.other   PERF-3s(>3)   throw.(pl.).away-ANT  
    He had lost them somewhere.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text