Ararahih'urípih
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hôoy if no way, not possible

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lexicon ID #1400 | revised Aug 05 2014

hôoy if • MWU • no way, not possible

Source: WB 385.2, p.334

  • xás yíth upiip, kâarim, hóoy íf u'uumêesh. Then one said, "No good (used in downing something), he can't get up there." [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 012]
  • xás pakéevniikich upiip, vaa uum hôoy íf kukupheesh. And the old woman said, "There's no way you can do that." [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 081]

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  1. víri    manâa    hôoy if    áta    ishêeyti    kumá'ii    peevíikti   
    so    maybe    no.way    maybe    you.don't.know.how    because.of    you're.weaving   
    Well, it's not true that you don't know how, because you're weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  2. xás    kunipêer    hôoy if    íkfuuyshureesh   
    then    they.told.him    no.way    you'll.get.tired   
    And they told him, "No, you'll get tired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. víri    kunipêer    hôoy íf    yaxéek    i'úumeesh   
    so    they.tell    no.way    you'll.see    you.will.arrive.there   
    They told him, "You can't get there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text