Ararahih'urípih
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hôoyvarihva somewhere or other

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lexicon ID #1398 | revised Jun 26 2014

hôoyvarihva • PRON • somewhere or other

  • hôoyvarihva tooxyáthuroovaheen. He had lost them somewhere. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 061]
  • xás chí axmáy úxruunha, xás nixus, pakéevriikshahan xás vúra hôoyvarihva. And suddenly (something) growled, and I thought, "The old woman (the mother coyote) is somewhere here." [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 013]

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  1. xas    chí'axmay    uxrúunha    xas    nixús    pakéevriikshahan    xas    vúra    hôoyvarihva    vúra   
    then    suddenly    it.growls    then    I.think    the.mother    then    Intensive    somewhere.or.other    Intensive   
    I heard a growl. I thought it must be the mother, but I didn't know where the sound came from.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. saamvároo    ithyárukirukam    súva    as    úxaakti    itharípriik    vúra    hôoyvarihva   
    creek    on.other.side.of.river    listen!    rock    it.is.making.a.noise    fir.forest    Intensive    somewhere.or.other   
    On the other side of the creek I could hear the noise of rocks somewhere in a fir thicket.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. hôoyvarihva    tóo    xyáthuroovaheen   
    somewhere.or.other    he.had    lost.it   
    He had lost them somewhere.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text