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akárayva anyone, someone, whoever
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #240 | revised Mar 03 2014
akárayva • PRON • anyone, someone, whoever Variant: akâayva.
| Derivation: | akáray-va |
| who-INDEF |
Source: WB 52.1, p.316
- xás vúra koovura'îin kunsíinva akárayvava kumayaas'ára. And they all failed to recognize anyone so rich. [Reference: WB T6.24]
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xás vúra koovura-'îin kun-síinva vúra akárayva-va kuma-yaas'árah vúra kumee-mshúpap then Intensive all-TOPIC 3pl(>3s)-fail.to.recognize Intensive anyone-INDEF 3sPOSS-rich.person Intensive 3sPOSS-attractive And they all failed to recognize anyone so rich, so attractive. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text