Ararahih'urípih
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huuk to where?; to somewhere

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1403 | revised Nov 07 2014

huuk QW • to where?; to somewhere Variant: húuka.

Source: WB 387, p.334


Sentence examples (6)


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  1. uum    vúra    kunxúseentihanik    kíri    hûuk    u'uum    vúra    kunvîihanik   
    3.SG    Intensive    they.had.been.thinking    I.wish    to.where    he.go.    Intensive    they.disliked.him   
    They had been wishing for him to go off, for they disliked him.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  2. kári    xás    upíip    pihnêefich    yee    hûut    inísheesh    pamí'aan    húuk    paathmi   
    then    then    he.said    coyote    well    how    you.will.do.with.it    your.string    to.where    throw.it.to   
    And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  3. húuk    kích    paathmi   
    to.where    only    throw.it.to   
    Just throw it (away) someplace!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  4. xás    uxúti    húuk    áta        kun'uum    paninihrôohas   
    then    he.was.thinking    to.where    maybe    PERF    they.went    my.wives   
    And he thought, "I wonder where my wives have gone?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  5. xás    uxús    miník    ni'aapúnmeesh    húuk    áta    patá    kun'uum   
    then    he.thought    of.course    I.will.know    to.where    maybe    where    they.went   
    And he thought, "I'll find out where they've gone, all right."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  6. xás    uxús    húuka    áta    tu'uum   
    then    she.thought    to.where    maybe    he.has.gone   
    And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text