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hôoy if no way, not possible
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lexicon ID #1400 | revised Aug 05 2014
hôoy if • MWU • no way, not possible
Source: WB 385.2, p.334
- xás yíth upiip, kâarim, hóoy íf u'uumêesh. Then one said, "No good (used in downing something), he can't get up there." [Reference: KS 11. Osprey 012]
- xás pakéevniikich upiip, vaa uum hôoy íf kukupheesh. And the old woman said, "There's no way you can do that." [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 081]
Sentence examples (3)
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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
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play -
xás kunipêer
" hôoy if,
íkfuuyshureesh.
And they told him, "No, you'll get tired.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text -
víri kunipêer''
hôoy íf yaxéek i'úumeesh.
They told him, "You can't get there.Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text