Ararahih'urípih
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man of doubtful meaning; often used to introduce an answer to a question, translatable as "why"

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4208 | revised Nov 08 2005

man • PCL • of doubtful meaning; often used to introduce an answer to a question, translatable as "why"

Derivatives (3)
manâa "maybe, perhaps, I don't know"
man'áta "maybe, perhaps, I don't know"
víri_man "in that case"

Source: WB 966, p.366

    Sentence examples (42)

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    1. xas kunpíip, "chími man."
      Then they said, "All right!"
      Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

    2. víri man punámaahtihara.
      But I can't see.
      Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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    3. manâa peefíkriiptihaak, vaa kári i'afishêenatiheesh
      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
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    4. man kunyáavhiti, táay pamukuníkyav.
      They were in a hurry, they had a lot to do.
      Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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    5. man'áta pakéevniikich, uum pufâat múkyav.
      Maybe an old woman, she had nothing to do.
      Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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    6. víri man ayu'âach uum uyupsírihiti.
      Well of course, because she's blind.
      Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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    7. víri man that's true ... aayu'âach.
      Well, that's true, of course.
      Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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    8. víri vaa man ... vaa péehruuvtih.
      Of course, because you use it like that.
      Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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    9. víri manâa vaa yav, pavaa ivíiktihaak.
      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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    10. víri manâa hôoy if áta ishêeyti, kumá'ii peevíikti.
      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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    11. manâa puxutihara xáy kêechas nihruv.
      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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    12. Well, whatever you got manâa vaa ihrôovish.
      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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    13. Well, manâa pu'ikyâatihara.
      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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    14. víri manâa puná'aapunmutihara xás vúra xás kôok patákiram vúra kunikyâati.
      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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    15. víri man yáxa naa puná'aapunmutihara.
      Well, look, I don't know how.
      Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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    16. manâa iim káruk va'áraar, 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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    17. manâa uum pukoovúra kin'ítaptihara, pukoovúra kin'áapunmutihara pakúupha.
      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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    18. manâa ník vaa, vaa vúra nik, 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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    19. manâa naa káru nikuphêesh, ayu'âach pa-sand vúra vaa.
      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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    20. xás kunipêer: " chími man."
      Then they told him: "Do your own way."
      Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

    21. fâat vaa vúra vaa pávaa kupítihan, man'áta axraas.
      It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher.
      Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

    22. chími man tá nipvâaram.
      I guess I'll go now.
      Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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    23. man'áta.
      I don't know.
      Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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    24. manâa vaa pa'ávansa vúra vaa puxích mít vúra itíhaan vúra ikpíhan.
      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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    25. kári xás pahári vúra tá nixusâak kíri pâay níkyav, pananítaat tóo piip" chími man ikyav!"
      Whenever I wanted to make a pie, my mother would tell me, “Go ahead.”
      Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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    26. manâa vaa kôomahich tá nipikróok.
      That’s as much as I remember.
      Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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    27. manâa naa mít káru nîinamich itíhaan áhup nukyâati, pananitípa xákaan, áhup núkpaakti.
      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

    28. xáyfaat ík mán iyúupha."
      Don't open your eyes."
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

    29. xás kunpíip " chími man.
      Then they said, "All right.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

    30. chími man, xâatik fúum ôok nupikvêesh."
      Well, let's not camp here."
      Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

    31. kári xás kunpiip, " chími man."
      So they said, "All right."
      Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

    32. kári xás kunpiip, " chími man.
      So they said, "All right.
      Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

    33. kári xás kunpíip " chími man."
      But then they said, "All right."
      Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

    34. kári xás upíip " chími man, kúna vúra xáyfaat ík i'ûurih."
      And they said, "All right, but you mustn't get tired."
      Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

    35. mán kachakâach muvéeniichva.
      Why, it's Blue Jay's mischief."
      Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

    36. xás kunipêer " manâa vúra tá núpsaamkir."
      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

    37. kári xás pa'ípat upiip, " chími man nupiyâarami."
      And Doe said, "Come on, let's leave."
      Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

    38. kári xás yuuxmachmahánach upiip, " man vúra naa ninímya pani'iikívtih."
      And Lizard said, "Why, I wear my heart as a necklace."
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

    39. kári xás tóo piip, " mán vúra naa vaa kári xás tá nixus, ' chími kan'ápivan panipâanveesh.'
      And he said, "Why, I thought I would go look for something to paint my face with.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

    40. kári xás kunpiip, " man'áta."
      And they said, "I don't know."
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

    41. kári xás uxús " man'áta pákuri nikyâavish.
      And she thought, "Maybe I'll make a song.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

    42. xás upíip " man'áta, tá punapikrôokara."
      And he said, "I don’t know, I've forgotten."
      Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text