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húukava to somewhere, to anywhere
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1405 | revised Jun 26 2014
húukava • PRON • to somewhere, to anywhere
| Derivation: | hûuka-va |
| to.where-INDEF |
Source: WB 387.1, p.334
- kári xás kunpiip, tahúukava. And they said, "Where has (he gone) to?" [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 035]
Sentence examples (7)
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chavúra pâanpay pamu'ávan húukava u'uum.
Then later on her [Crow Woman's] husband went off somewhere.Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text -
papúsihich húukava tu'uum.
The cat went somewhere.Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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Xás vúra umúustih húukava patá kunívyiihma, mukunfíthih.
And he's looking at where they're going, their footprints.Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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kári xás kunpiip " tá húukava."
And they said, "Where has (he gone) to?"Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
xás vúra pu'aapúnma húukava pátu'uum.
Then (people) didn't know where she'd gone.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
xás vúra húukava u'uum,
akvíishich.
Then Wildcat went somewhere.Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text -
yukún nanihrôohas húukava tá kun'uum."
You see, my wives have gone somewhere."Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text