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hâari sometime; at various times
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1361 | revised Nov 03 2005
hâari • ADV • sometime; at various times Variant: hári.
Derivatives (2)
atahárish "always"
atahári "always, all the time, for some time, anytime"
Source: WB 377, p.334; JPH ethno ?:350
Note: Cf. hárivarih 'when?'
- hâari kuníkshaahvunaati, kuníxtiivhinaati hâari. Sometimes they were laughing, they were playing once in a while. [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 006]
- hâari ník vúra yítha kuniykárati. Sometimes (people) kill one of them. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 147]
Sentence examples (32)
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hâari víriva káakum kêe[chas] úruhsas sometime so some big.ones round.ones Sometimes, some of the big ones are round. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playhâari vúra axvaahkúhaanaha patóo msákkarahaak sometime Intensive to.be.one.who.makes.head-illness that.he.has when.[he].smells.it Sometimes it makes a person's head ache when he smells it. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full texthâari tá kunpakátkat payaaf pakári kuntákkiritihat kári xás tá kunpiip ihêeraha vúra kári kyóo úux payaaf sometime the they.take.a.taste.of.it the.acorn.dough that.still when.they.were.leeching.it then then the they.say tobacco Intensive then as.much.as bitter the.acorn.dough Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet." Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full texthâari axmáy'ik vúra fátaak tá kunmah vaa vúra taay pátayiith xás sú' patá kun'ûupvakurih sometime suddenly Intensive somewhere PERF they.see that Intensive much the.brodiaea then inside that.has they.dig.into.it.for.roots Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under. Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full texthâari vaa káan vúra mupîimach tá kunmah akthiptunveechiváxrah âapun ithivthaneensúruk sometime that there Intensive next.to.it PERF they.see wild.oat.straw on.the.ground under.ground Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground. Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full texthãã hâari upáthriihti káru yes sometime it.was.raining also Yes, sometimes it was even raining. xás hâari tá kunipíthvuuymath míta pakêemish múthvuy then sometime PERF they.name.him.again near.past the.deceased.person his.name Sometimes they name someone again with the name of the deceased. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full textxás hâari vúra ára puxútihara víri vúra tóo piip peethvuy then sometime Intensive person he.isn't.thinking so Intensive he say the.name Sometimes a person just wasn't thinking, so he said the name. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full texthâari itrôop tu'ûukar káru hâari vúra itráhyar sometime five he.pays also sometime Intensive ten Sometimes he paid five dollars and sometimes ten. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full textxás hâari vúra uum pa'áraar pahúuntahaak ára vúra tupitaxyárih then sometime Intensive 3.SG the.person when.peculiar person Intensive he.swears Sometimes when a person was peculiar, he "swore" (on purpose). Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full textxás patá kunípeerahaak fâat iyúrish xás patu'ûurihaak púyava uum hâari ára vaa kúth tóo tháaniv then when when.they.tell.him what pay then when.he.refuses so 3.SG sometime person so because.of PERF sit When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full texthâari vúra xasík napimusarûukvutiheesh sometime Intensive then.(future) you.will.visit.me.here You can come back to see me sometime." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textkári xás hâari vúra piríshriik patá kun'áhoo pamukunyáfus tutatitítit then then sometime Intensive brushy.place where they.traveled their.dresses it.had.become.tattered And sometimes it was a brushy place where they traveled, their dresses got torn. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textvúra hâari tóosíinvar hâari tá pupitnúprihvara Intensive sometime he.drowns sometime PERF he.can't.be.seen.through.it Sometimes he drowns, sometimes he doesn’t come back up. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full texthâari pa'êem kunpíkshaayvutih sometime the.Indian.doctors they.practice.deception Sometimes the Indian doctors practice deception. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full texthâari itroopa'átiv káru vúra hâari kumatêeshich sometime five.basket-loads also Intensive sometime still.more Sometimes there were five basket-loads and sometimes more. Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full textpúyava vúra káan sú' ukrítumkuri hâari ithahárinay káru hâari kumáxara you.see Intensive there inside it.piles.into sometime all.year also sometime longer.time So (the acorns) were piled in there, sometimes a year and sometimes longer. Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full texthâari pufíchvaas upathrívahitih víriva káan pa'asiktávaansas kun'áraarahitih sometime deerskin.blanket it.was.spread so there the.women they.sat Sometimes a deerskin blanket was spread, and the women sat on that. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full textxás kuníshtaakti hâari pamukit'íin then she.held.it sometime its.grandmother And sometimes it was held by its grandmother. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full textpúyava xás hâari xákaan vúra tá kunithyívish you.see then sometime with.(one.person) Intensive PERF they.fell.down Sometimes both of them fell down. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpúyava hâari vúra pu'ikyívivrathtihara you.see sometime Intensive it.didn't.fall.over.the.goal.line Sometimes (the tossel) didn't fall over (the goal line). Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpúyava hâari uum payu'kúkam pa'ávansas píshiip tu'úum patákasar uphírivirak you.see sometime 3.SG the.downriver.end the.men first they.arrived where.the.tossel it.lay Sometimes the men on the downriver end arrived first where the tossel lay. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpa'aneekyávaan uum pírish pa'óohruuvtih káru hâari pirish'éepuum the.sweating.doctor 3.SG plant he.used also sometime plant.roots The sweating doctor used plants and sometimes plant roots. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full textkáru hâari tu'ísh káakum pa'ánav also sometime he.drank some the.medicine And sometimes (the patient) drank some of the medicine. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full texthâari vúra xára kuníthtiitvanaatih pahûutva kóo ararátaayhaak sometime Intensive long.time they.gamble how.long as.much.as many.people Sometimes they gambled for a long time, however long there were a lot of people. Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full texthâari kunvûuksahinaatih sometime they.had.a.work.contest Sometimes they had a work contest. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full texthâari tírihshas káru hâari vúra tûupichas kuynákmahich poosasipúniihva sometime wide.ones also sometime Intensive small.ones three.at.a.time it.runs.down.in.lines Sometimes they were wide and sometimes they were narrow, and sometimes they were each (composed of) three little ones running down. Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text