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hûutva somehow; however
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1412 | revised Mar 31 2014
hûutva • ADV • somehow; however
Derivation: | hûut-va |
how-INDEF |
Source: WB 391, p.334
- pahûutva kóo yaas'ára u'iináhaak,... However long Humankind lives,... [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 080]
Sentence examples (15)
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pahûutva kóo yaas'ára u'íinahaak vaa vúra kóo itíhan kuméekxaram nanitúnviiv vaa pay'ôok kun'írunaatiheesh.
As long as people live, every night my children will pass right here.Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
hûutvaheesh uum pee'íithvutihaak,
peecapturehaak?
How will you pack him, after you capture him?Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play -
naa vúra vaa pay...
I just pull out pahûutva nixúti pay koo.
I just pull out however I think is right.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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hãã víri vaa hûutva kípa hûutva kupakupháheesh,
tá naséey.
How would I do that? I don't know.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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xás vúra hûutva tu'iin,
púxay ta'ítam yâavahitihara.
But what was the matter with him? he wasn't getting full.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
vúra hûutva.
(It went) some way or other.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text -
víri hûutva kóo ithívthaaneen u'iináhaak, vaa vúra kóo kuníhruuvtiheesh pasímsiim.
However long the world exists, so long will they use (her) knife.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
víri payaas'ára hûutva tu'íinahaak,
víri payaas'ára kâarim tukúphaak,
vaa kári xás ík ichuuphítiheesh.
However (long) Mankind exists, when Mankind does bad, then you will have to speak.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
hûutva kóo mímyaahti pati'ívahaak púra fâat vúra îin aamtíheeshara.
All your life, when you die, nothing will eat (you).Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
hûutva kóo yaas'ára u'íinahaak,
víri yaas'araréethvaaykam nivúrayvutiheesh.
As long as Mankind exists, we will be around in front of rich people.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
pahûutva kóo yaas'ára u'íinahaak víri naa vúra kích kaná'aamtiheesh,
káruma apxankêemich paninípxaan."
However long Mankind exists, he will eat only me, (though) the fact is that my cap is a poor cap."Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text -
kári xás kunipêer, " mímyaahti, hûutva kóo mímyaahti vúra iim fátaak asasúruk vaa káan i'ifchíkinkutiheesh.
And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text -
víri vaa kinípeeranik
" hûutva kóo ithívthaaneen uthaanêehaak,
xáyfaat ik kúkuum vúra vaa kukupeepvíkaha."
(But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again."Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text -
hâari vúra xára kuníthtiitvanaatih,
pahûutva kóo ararátaayhaak.
Sometimes they gambled for a long time, however long there were a lot of people.Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text