Ararahih'urípih
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taayvávan many people

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5546 | revised Dec 20 2015

taayvávan • N • many people

Derivation:  táayva-ávan  (= táay-va-ávan)
several-ANIM  (= much-INDEF-ANIM)

  • hâari ichámahich vúra pakun'ípakti, káru hâari taayvávan vúra. Sometimes they came back one by one, and sometimes in a bunch. [Reference: TK 201.42]
  • taayvávan iinâak kun'áharaarahiti. There were lots of people in the house. [Reference: TK 229.13]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. koovúra   kun-'áraarahi-ti   taayvávan   vúra  
    all   3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR   many.people   Intensive  
    Everyone was (there), lots of people.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

  2. kíri   kun-xús   taayvávan   pa-nu-'áraarahi-tih  
    I.wish   3pl(>3s)-think   many.people   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-live.(pl.)-DUR  
    "Let them think we are a lot of people!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text