Ararahih'urípih
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hûutva somehow; however

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1412 | revised Mar 31 2014

hûutva ADV • somehow; however

Derivation hûut-va
how-INDEF

Source: WB 391, p.334

  • pahûutva kóo yaas'ára u'iináhaak,... However long Humankind lives,... [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 080]


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  1. pahûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    vaa    vúra    kóo    itíhan    kuméekxaram    nanitúnviiv    vaa    pay'ôok    kun'írunaatiheesh   
    however    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    Intensive    as.much.as    always    its.night    my.children    so    right.here    they.will.pass   
    As long as people live, every night my children will pass right here.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. hûutvaheesh    uum    pee'íithvutihaak    peecapturehaak   
    it.will.be.how    3.SG    that.you.pack.him    when.you.capture.him   
    How will you pack him, after you capture him?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  3. naa    vúra    vaa    pay    I just pull out    pahûutva    nixúti    pay    koo   
    1sg.    Intensive    so    this    I just pull out    however    I.am.thinking    this    so.much   
    I just pull out however I think is right.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  4. hãã    víri    vaa    hûutva    kípa    hûutva    kupakupháheesh        naséey   
    yes    so    so    somehow    like    somehow    how.to.do.it    PERF    I.do.not.know   
    How would I do that? I don't know.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play
  5. xás    vúra    hûutva    tu'iin    púxay    ta'ítam    yâavahitihara   
    then    Intensive    somehow    it.had.been.wrong.with.him    not.yet    so    he.was.not.getting.enough   
    But what was the matter with him? he wasn't getting full.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  6. vúra    hûutva   
    Intensive    somehow   
    (It went) some way or other.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  7. víri    hûutva    kóo    ithívthaaneen    u'iináhaak    vaa    vúra    kóo    kuníhruuvtiheesh    pasímsiim   
    so    somehow    as.much.as    land    when.it.exists    that    Intensive    as.much.as    they.will.be.using    the.knife   
    However long the world exists, so long will they use (her) knife.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  8. víri    payaas'ára    hûutva    tu'íinahaak    víri    payaas'ára    kâarim    tukúphaak    vaa    kári    xás    ík    ichuuphítiheesh   
    so    the.Humankind    somehow    when.it.exists    so    the.Humankind    bad    when.it.has.done.it    so    then    then    must    you.will.be.speaking   
    However (long) Mankind exists, when Mankind does bad, then you will have to speak.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  9. hûutva    kóo    mímyaahti    pati'ívahaak    púra fâat    vúra    îin    aamtíheeshara   
    somehow    as.much.as    your.life    when.you.die    nothing    Intensive    TOPIC    it.won't.be.eating.you   
    All your life, when you die, nothing will eat (you).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  10. hûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    víri    yaas'araréethvaaykam    nivúrayvutiheesh   
    somehow    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    in.front.of.rich.people    I.will.be.going.around   
    As long as Mankind exists, we will be around in front of rich people.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  11. pahûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    víri    naa    vúra    kích    kaná'aamtiheesh    káruma    apxankêemich    paninípxaan   
    however    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    1sg.    Intensive    only    they.will.eat.me    in.fact    poor.cap    my.cap   
    However long Mankind exists, he will eat only me, (though) the fact is that my cap is a poor cap."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  12. kári    xás    kunipêer    mímyaahti    hûutva    kóo    mímyaahti    vúra    iim    fátaak    asasúruk    vaa    káan    i'ifchíkinkutiheesh   
    then    then    they.say    your.life    somehow    as.much.as    your.life    Intensive    2sg.    somewhere    under.a.rock    so    there    you.will.be.stuck.onto.it   
    And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  13. víri    vaa    kinípeeranik    hûutva    kóo    ithívthaaneen    uthaanêehaak    xáyfaat    ik    kúkuum    vúra    vaa    kukupeepvíkaha   
    so    so    they.told.them    somehow    as.much.as    land    it.exists    don't!    must    again    Intensive    so    you.must.not.weave.that.way   
    (But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  14. hâari    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 text