Ararahih'urípih
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hôoyva somewhere

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1397 | revised Sep 09 2014

hôoyva ADV • somewhere

Derivation hôoy-va
where-INDEF

Source: WB 385.1

  • hôoyva vúra patakunívyiihship. They were going somewhere. [Reference: KS38. Mice story 008]


Sentence examples (14)


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  1. yánava su hôoyvarihva xas áhup nikrúkukaa.
    I poked a stick in.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. hôoyva vúra panivâarameesh.
    I'm going to go somewhere.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  3. hôoyva kúnish kunpakúriihvutih.
    Somewhere they were sort of singing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  4. xás pihnêefich axmáy hôoyva ukpêehva " shúuuuuhuuuuu."
    And suddenly Coyote hollered somewhere, "Shuuuuuhuuuuu."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  5. kári xás uum vúra hárivaheesh, á'iknêechhan hôoyva tuvâaram, sinmôovishar.
    So it would be sometimes, Duck Hawk went off somewhere, he was gone a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  6. kachakâach mu'ápuroon kumáheesh hôoyva, ípahak utákararihva, sú' vákay úkrii.
    You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  7. hínupa akvíishich hôoyva pufích'anamahach tóo pêethuk.
    There Wildcat had brought a little deer from somewhere.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  8. ithéekxaram vúra hôoyva kunikvéesh.
    They spent the whole night somewhere.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  9. púyava yáan ník vúra hôoyva usúpaahitiheesh.
    Then it was just about to be dawn someplace.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  10. hôoyva má' poomkaanvúrayvutih.
    She was gathering food (from bushes, such as berries) somewhere in the mountains.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  11. xás kuníhyiivti hôoyva.
    And there was a shout somewhere.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  12. máruk hôoyva ni'ípahoo, tá ná'aathva."
    I'm going uphill somewhere; I'm afraid."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  13. axmáy xás pa'úuhyan hôoyva u'aramsîiprin.
    Suddenly a voice came from somewhere.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  14. payêem vúra hôoyva u'aramsîiprivtih pu'aapunmuti uxúti kumâam vúra upíip poo'aramsîiprivtih.
    He doesn't even know where it comes from, he was thinking it just came from up in the hill there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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