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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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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 texthûutvaheesh 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 | Playnaa 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 | Playhãã víri vaa hûutva kípa hûutva kupakupháheesh tá 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 | Playxás 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 textvúra hûutva Intensive somehow (It went) some way or other. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textvíri 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 textvíri 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 texthûutva 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 texthûutva 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 textpahûutva 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 textkári 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 textvíri 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 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 text