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akâayva anyone, someone, whoever
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #235 | revised Mar 03 2014
akâayva • PRON • anyone, someone, whoever
| Derivation: | akâay-va |
| who-INDEF |
Source: WB 52.1, p.316
Note: Alternant of akárayva.
- naa vúra kóo yáv pa'akâayva kumayáan'iiftihan. I'm as good as any young man. [Reference: WB 22: Old Man Turtle 008]
Sentence examples (5)
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akâayva vaa urôovanik when I was packing,
you know ...,
vúra vaa káruk xás nimah.
[talking about an unfinished basket] Somebody took it upriver when I was packing , you know, then I saw it upriver.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play -
vaa mukunikyáviichva,
akâayva vúra tá kunsáruk pamukunsárip.
That was their job, different people brought them their sticks.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play -
káru hôoy akâayva 'îin kun kêemish kun'ákihanik,
kéemish u'ávanik.
"And somewhere, someone, they ... they fed him poison, he ate poison."Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text -
xás uthítiv, akâayva upakurîihvutih.
And he heard it, someone was singing.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text -
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naa vúra kóo yáv pa'akâayva kumayáan'iiftihan.''
"I'm just as good as any young man."Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text