Ararahih'urípih
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manâa maybe, perhaps, I don't know

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4209 | revised Nov 14 2014

manâa • PCL • maybe, perhaps, I don't know Variant: man'áta.

Derivation:  man áta
why... maybe

Source: WB 966.1, p.366

  • manâa vaa kôomahich tanipikrôok. That's as much as I remember. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 024]

Sentence examples (15)


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  1. manâa   p-ee-fíkriip-ti-haak   vaa   kári   i-'afishêena-tih-eesh  
    maybe   NOMZ-2s(>3)-pick.out-DUR-when   so   then   2s(>3)-feel.(by.touching)-DUR-FUT  
    When you're sorting it, then you can feel it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  2. víri   manâa   vaa   yav   pa-vaa   i-víik-ti-haak  
    so   maybe   so   good   NOMZ-so   2s(>3)-weave-DUR-when  
    Well, it's good that you weave that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. víri   manâa   hôoy if   áta   i-shêey-ti   kumá'ii   p-ee-víik-ti  
    so   maybe   no.way   maybe   2s(>3)-not.know-DUR   because.of   NOMZ-2s(>3)-weave-DUR  
    Well, it's not true that you don't know how, because you're weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. manâa   pu-xu-tih-ara   xáy   kêechas   ni-hruv  
    maybe   NEG-think-DUR-NEG   let.not   big.ones   1s(>3)-use  
    Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. Well, whatever you got   manâa   vaa   i-hrôov-ish  
    Well, whatever you got   maybe   so   2s(>3)-use-FUT  
    Well, whatever you got, that's what you'll use.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. Well,   manâa   pu-'ikyâa-tih-ara  
    Well,   maybe   NEG-make-DUR-NEG  
    Well, you don't make it [acorn soup].
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. víri   manâa   pu-ná-'aapunmu-tih-ara   xás   vúra   xás   kôok   pa-tákiram   vúra   kun-ikyâa-ti  
    so   maybe   NEG-1s(>3)-know-DUR-NEG   then   Intensive   then   kind   NOMZ-acorn-leaching.hole   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-make-DUR  
    I don't know what kind they make for a soaking basket
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. manâa   iim   káruk   va-'áraar   I guess  
    maybe   2sg.   upriver   3sPOSS-human   I guess  
    Well, you're an upriver Indian, I guess.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  9. manâa   uum   pu-koovúra   kin-'ítap-tih-ara   pu-koovúra   kin-'áapunmu-tih-ara   pa-kúupha  
    maybe   3.SG   NEG-all   1>2s-know-DUR-NEG   NEG-all   1pl(>3)-know-DUR-NEG   the-doing  
    We didn't learn everything, we don't know all the customs.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  10. manâa   ník   vaa   vaa   vúra   nik   that's good enough  
    maybe   a.little   so   so   Intensive   a.little   that's good enough  
    That's just enough, that's good enough.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  11. manâa   naa   káru   ni-kuphêesh   ayu'âach   pa--sand   vúra   vaa  
    maybe   1sg.   also   1s(>3)-will.do   it.was.because   the--sand   Intensive   so  
    That's what I do too, because of the sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. manâa   vaa   pa-'ávansa   vúra   vaa   puxích   mít   vúra   itíhaan   vúra   ikpíhan  
    maybe   that   the-man   Intensive   that   very.much   near.past   Intensive   always   Intensive   strong  
    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. manâa   vaa   kôomahich   tá   ni-pikróok  
    maybe   that   little.bit   PERF   1s(>3)-remember  
    That’s as much as I remember.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  14. manâa   naa   mít   káru   nîinamich   itíhaan   áhup   nu-kyâa-ti   pa-nani-típa   xákaan   áhup   nú-kpaak-ti  
    maybe   1sg.   near.past   also   little   always   wood   1pl(>3)-go.gather-DUR   the-1sPOSS-brother   both   wood   1pl(>3)-chop-DUR  
    Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  15. xás   kun-ipêer   manâa   vúra   tá   nú-psaamkir  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   maybe   Intensive   PERF   1pl(>3)-abandon  
    And they told her, "Perhaps we're leaving you behind."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text