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akárayva anyone, someone, whoever
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #240 | revised Mar 03 2014
akárayva • PRON • anyone, someone, whoever Variant: akâayva.
| Derivation: | akáray-va |
| who-INDEF |
Source: WB 52.1, p.316
- xás vúra koovura'îin kunsíinva akárayvava kumayaas'ára. And they all failed to recognize anyone so rich. [Reference: WB T6.24]
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xás vúra koovura'îin kunsíinva vúra akárayvava kumayaas'árah vúra kumeemshúpap then Intensive all they.failed.to.recognize.him Intensive anyone its.rich.person Intensive its.attractive And they all failed to recognize anyone so rich, so attractive. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text