Ararahih'urípih
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púva not yet

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5151 | revised Aug 23 2005

púva • ADV • not yet

Source: WB 1171.5, p.375

Note: Occurs with zero subject prefix in verb form, e.g. púva páthrih 'It hasn't rained yet'.

  • kári xás vúra púva yiiv uum. And they hadn't yet gone very far (uum 'arrive'). [Reference: WB T9.30]
  • píshiip yúfivkam toomsúsurishuk, kári púva taxrar. (The smoke) comes out of his nose before he opens his mouth. [Reference: TK 193.31]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. itnoopámahich   ník   kana-'êeh   xás   váa   káru   vúra   pa-'íshpuk   púva-xay   kana-'êeh-ap   káruma   chími-heesh   itha-kûusrah   véenik   mit   pa-ni-ykára-naa-t  
    five.each   a.little   3pl>1s-give   then   so   also   Intensive   the-dentalium.shells   not.yet-not   3pl>1s-give-INV   in.fact   soon-FUT   one-sun   ago   near.past   NOMZ-1s(>3)-beat-PL-PAST  
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. yúxnaam   vaa   káan   púva   n-éehruuv-tih-ara   pa-yúxnaam  
    sand   that   there   not.yet   1s(>3)-use-DUR-NEG   the-sand  
    Never there in the fine sand, I didn't use the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  3. páramvuram   kári   púva   kun-sáruk-anik  
    boiling.basket   then   not.yet   3pl(>3s)-carry.into.sweathouse-ANC  
    They hadn't brought in cookpots yet.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  4. púva   uum   pa-káan   u-pachnut-eesh  
    not.yet   arrive   NOMZ-there   3s(>3)-suck.at-FUT  
    He did not get there yet where he was going to suck (dentalia).
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  5. púva   xay   vúr   ú-ruha  
    not.yet   not   Intensive   3s(>3)-lay.eggs  
    It has not budded yet.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text

  6. xás   uum   pihnêefich   káru   vúra   púva   haríxay   maah-vúnaa  
    then   3.SG   coyote   also   Intensive   not.yet   sometimes   see-PL  
    And Coyote had never yet seen them either.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. kári   xás   vúra   púva   yiiv   uum  
    then   then   Intensive   not.yet   far   arrive  
    They hadn't yet gone very far.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  8. p-eekxúrar   púva-xay   thivrúhish   koovúra   axupa-'ithvu-tih-ar-a-múrax  
    the-evening   not.yet-not   float.ashore   all   dressed.deermeat-pack-DUR-INST-DEVERB-nothing.but  
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  9. puv-éek   vúra   uchvánihich   t-óo   krii   tá   kun-pavyíhish  
    not.yet-must   Intensive   little.bit   PERF-3s(>3)   live   PERF   3pl(>3s)-gather.again.(pl.)  
    (The sun) was not yet well out, (when) they got back.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text