Ararahih'urípih
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purafátaak nowhere ; absent

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5105 | revised Jul 22 2014

purafátaak • PRON • nowhere ; absent

Source: WB 1171, p.375

Note: Used with -hára 'negative' (G845.6).

  • yánava purafátaak paaxvuh. She didn't see down feathers anywhere. [Reference: KS 17. Merganser and Salmon 012]
  • púya íf nani'î'in, purafátaak vúra thivnurukúrihihara. Oh my, my dam, the roaring of its water is gone. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 234]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. purafátaak    vúra    pamukunfíthih   
    nowhere    Intensive    the.their.tracks   
    No tracks anywhere.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. xás    sáruk    kuntúraayvutih    púra fátaak   
    then    downhill    they.look.for.him    nowhere   
    And they looked for him downhill, (but) he was nowhere (to be seen).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  3. ifuchtîimich    poopitvâavnukanik    yánava    pura fátaak   
    last.time    that.he.looked.over.his.shoulder    visible    nowhere   
    The last time he looked over, (the falls) were nowhere to be seen.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  4. yánava    tá    púra fátaak   
    visible    PERF    nowhere   
    They saw she was not there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  5. púyava    tutúraayva    yítha    yanéekva    tá    púra fátaak   
    you.see    he.looked.around    one    visible    PERF    nowhere   
    Then one looked around, he saw that she was not there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  6. víri    pootúraayva    púra fátaak    vúra    yâahitihara    pakun'ûupvunaatih    peekxariya'ifápiitsha   
    so    when.she.looked.around    nowhere    Intensive    she.didn't.fit.in    where.they.were.digging.roots    the.spirit.girls   
    When she looked around, she couldn't fit in anyplace where the spirit girls were digging roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  7. víri    kún    tá    púra fátaak   
    so    meaning.unknown    PERF    nowhere   
    There was nothing there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    yánava    púra fátaak   
    then    then    visible    nowhere   
    And he saw she was nowhere to be seen.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text