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puyíthaxay not a single one
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lexicon ID #5166 | revised Nov 09 2005
puyíthaxay • PRON • not a single one
Note: Used with negative verb forms.
- xás vúra puyíthaxay káan thaanêera. And not a single one was lying there. [Reference: WB T4.137]
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pa-koovúra pa-nanu-ppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kum-eekyâa-hara p-eheeraha-'íppa vúra chishihpurith-'íppa kích vaa kúnish kum-éekyav pa-'apxantîich îin tá kin-ippêer NOMZ-all the-1plPOSS-plant not.a.single.one Intensive sort.of that 3sPOSS-making-NEG the-tobacco-tree Intensive nightshade.sp.-tree only that sort.of 3sPOSS-making the-white.man TOPIC PERF 3>1pl-say.to Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full textxás vúra puyíthaxay káan thaanêe-ra then Intensive not.a.single.one there sit-NEG And not one was lying there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text