Ararahih'urípih
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púva not yet

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5151 | revised Aug 23 2005

púva • ADV • not yet

Source: WB 1171.5, p.375

Note: Occurs with zero subject prefix in verb form, e.g. púva páthrih 'It hasn't rained yet'.

  • kári xás vúra púva yiiv uum. And they hadn't yet gone very far (uum 'arrive'). [Reference: WB T9.30]
  • píshiip yúfivkam toomsúsurishuk, kári púva taxrar. (The smoke) comes out of his nose before he opens his mouth. [Reference: TK 193.31]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. itnoopámahich    ník    kana'êeh    xás    váa    káru    vúra    pa'íshpuk    púvaxay    kana'êehap    káruma    chímiheesh    ithakûusrah    véenik    mit    paniykáranaat   
    five.each    a.little    they.gve.me    then    so    also    Intensive    the.money    not.yet    they.give.me    in.fact    soon.will    one.month    ago    near.past    that.I.killed.them   
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. yúxnaam    vaa    káan    púva    néehruuvtihara    payúxnaam   
    sand    that    there    not.yet    I.didn't.use    the.fine.sand   
    Never there in the fine sand, I didn't use the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  3. páramvuram    kári    púva    kunsárukanik   
    boiling.basket    then    not.yet    they.brought.in   
    They hadn't brought in cookpots yet.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  4. púva    uum    pakáan    upachnuteesh   
    not.yet    arrive    there    he.was.going.to.suck   
    He did not get there yet where he was going to suck (dentalia).
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  5. púva    xay    vúr    úruha   
    not.yet    not    Intensive    it.buds   
    It has not budded yet.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text

  6. xás    uum    pihnêefich    káru    vúra    púva    haríxay    maahvúnaa   
    then    3.SG    coyote    also    Intensive    not.yet    sometimes    he.saw.them   
    And Coyote had never yet seen them either.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    vúra    púva    yiiv    uum   
    then    then    Intensive    not.yet    far    arrive   
    They hadn't yet gone very far.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  8. peekxúrar    púvaxay    thivrúhish    koovúra    axupa'ithvutiharamúrax   
    the.evening    not.yet    float.ashore    all    nothing.but.those.carrying.dressed.deer.meat.on.the.back   
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  9. puvéek    vúra    uchvánihich    tóo    krii    tá    kunpavyíhish   
    not.yet    Intensive    little.bit    it.had    live    PERF    they.gathered.again   
    (The sun) was not yet well out, (when) they got back.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text