Ararahih'urípih
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akâayva anyone, someone, whoever

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #235 | revised Mar 03 2014

akâayva • PRON • anyone, someone, whoever

Derivation:  akâay-va
who-INDEF

Source: WB 52.1, p.316

Note: Alternant of akárayva.

  • naa vúra kóo yáv pa'akâayva kumayáan'iiftihan. I'm as good as any young man. [Reference: WB 22: Old Man Turtle 008]

Sentence examples (5)


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  1. akâayva    vaa    urôovanik    when I was packing    you know    vúra    vaa    káruk    xás    nimah   
    anyone    so    she.took.it.upriver    when I was packing    you know    Intensive    so    upriver    then    I.saw.it   
    [talking about an unfinished basket] Somebody took it upriver when I was packing , you know, then I saw it upriver.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  2. vaa    mukunikyáviichva    akâayva    vúra    tá    kunsáruk    pamukunsárip   
    so    their.job    anyone    Intensive    PERF    they.bring    their.sticks   
    That was their job, different people brought them their sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  3. káru    hôoy    akâayva    'îin    kun    kêemish    kun'ákihanik    kéemish    u'ávanik   
    also    where    anyone    TOPIC    3pl(>3s)    something.dangerous    they.fed.him    something.dangerous    he.ate   
    "And somewhere, someone, they ... they fed him poison, he ate poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  4. xás    uthítiv    akâayva    upakurîihvutih   
    then    he.heard    anyone    he.was.singing   
    And he heard it, someone was singing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  5. naa    vúra    kóo    yáv    pa'akâayva    kumayáan'iiftihan   
    1sg.    Intensive    as.much.as    good    the.anyone    any.young.man   
    "I'm just as good as any young man."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text