Ararahih'urípih
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manâa maybe, perhaps, I don't know

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4209 | revised Nov 14 2014

manâa • PCL • maybe, perhaps, I don't know Variant: man'áta.

Derivation:  man áta
why... maybe

Source: WB 966.1, p.366

  • manâa vaa kôomahich tanipikrôok. That's as much as I remember. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 024]

Sentence examples (15)


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  1. manâa    peefíkriiptihaak    vaa    kári    i'afishêenatiheesh   
    maybe    when.you're.sorting.it    so    then    you.will.be.feeling.it   
    When you're sorting it, then you can feel it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  2. víri    manâa    vaa    yav    pavaa    ivíiktihaak   
    so    maybe    so    good    pavaa    that.you.weave   
    Well, it's good that you weave that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. víri    manâa    hôoy if    áta    ishêeyti    kumá'ii    peevíikti   
    so    maybe    no.way    maybe    you.don't.know.how    because.of    you're.weaving   
    Well, it's not true that you don't know how, because you're weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. manâa    puxutihara    xáy    kêechas    nihruv   
    maybe    don't.try    let.not    big.ones    I.use   
    Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. Well, whatever you got    manâa    vaa    ihrôovish   
    Well, whatever you got    maybe    so    you'll.use.it   
    Well, whatever you got, that's what you'll use.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. Well,    manâa    pu'ikyâatihara   
    Well,    maybe    you.don't.make.it   
    Well, you don't make it [acorn soup].
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. víri    manâa    puná'aapunmutihara    xás    vúra    xás    kôok    patákiram    vúra    kunikyâati   
    so    maybe    I.didn't.know    then    Intensive    then    kind    that.a.soaking.basket    Intensive    the............are............making............it   
    I don't know what kind they make for a soaking basket
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. manâa    iim    káruk    va'áraar    I guess   
    maybe    2sg.    upriver    its.person    I guess   
    Well, you're an upriver Indian, I guess.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  9. manâa    uum    pukoovúra    kin'ítaptihara    pukoovúra    kin'áapunmutihara    pakúupha   
    maybe    3.SG    not.everything    we.learned    not.everything    we.know    way.of.doing.things   
    We didn't learn everything, we don't know all the customs.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  10. manâa    ník    vaa    vaa    vúra    nik    that's good enough   
    maybe    a.little    so    so    Intensive    a.little    that's good enough   
    That's just enough, that's good enough.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  11. manâa    naa    káru    nikuphêesh    ayu'âach    pa-sand    vúra    vaa   
    maybe    1sg.    also    I.will.do    it.was.because    the.sand    Intensive    so   
    That's what I do too, because of the sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. manâa    vaa    pa'ávansa    vúra    vaa    puxích    mít    vúra    itíhaan    vúra    ikpíhan   
    maybe    that    the.man    Intensive    that    very.much    near.past    Intensive    always    Intensive    strong   
    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. manâa    vaa    kôomahich    tá    nipikróok   
    maybe    that    little.bit    PERF    I.remember   
    That’s as much as I remember.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  14. manâa    naa    mít    káru    nîinamich    itíhaan    áhup    nukyâati    pananitípa    xákaan    áhup    núkpaakti   
    maybe    1sg.    near.past    also    little    always    wood    we.were.gathering    my.brother    both    wood    we.were.chopping   
    Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  15. xás    kunipêer    manâa    vúra    tá    núpsaamkir   
    then    they.told.her    maybe    Intensive    PERF    we.leave.you.behind   
    And they told her, "Perhaps we're leaving you behind."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text