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kóova so; so much
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3927 | revised Jun 24 2015
kóova • ADV • so; so much
Derivation: | koo-va |
so.much-INDEF |
Source: WB 897.3, p.361
- pihnêefich kóova tu'aachícha. Coyote was so happy. [Reference: WB T2.66]
- kóova uthvuyxâaha, pamúyuup axvahamûuk kuniptáxvah. She grieved so for him, she sealed her eyes with pitch. [Reference: WB T61.17]
Sentence examples (19)
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koova tá neekvúrish, chavúra kúkuum ni'iyruhunih, chímiva ípaha úkuyva.
I was so tired finally I rolled it down again, but it hit a tree.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
yée! víri íiv nipíivur kóova puxich nikvúrish.
I was so tired I was nearly dead.Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text -
xás kúnish vúra tóo xus:
"vúra ni'aveesh,"
kóova tuvíshtar póomuustih.
He was thinking as it were: "I'll have to eat it," he got such an appetite for it as he looked at it.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
xás pihnêefich upíip,
tá kunchúuphinaa,
pa'avansáxiichas kóova tá kunchúuphinaa kóova pa'avansáxiichas,
xás upíip:
"hôoy mikun'ákah?"
Then Coyote said, the boys talked with him, they talked to him, the boys talked with him, and he said: "Where is your father?"Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text -
xás pamúkiit,
yúxnaam u'íripkurihanik,
kóova uxvíiphaanik.
And his grandmother, she dug into the sand, she got so mad.Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text -
kóova uthvuyxâahanik pamuyáfus.
She felt so sad about her dress.Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text -
kóova nîinamich.
I was so little. (chuckle)Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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kóova íshaha tóo xrah.
He was so thirsty.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
pihnêefich kóova tu'aachíchha,
patu'ípak pamushívshaaneen.
Coyote was so happy, when he came back to his country.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
kóova tu'áxaska,
tóo xúriha.
He was so thin, he was hungry.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text -
xás vúra chími u'íveesh,
kóova tuvaxráhchak.
And he was about to die, he was so thirsty.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
kóova pihnêefich u'aachíchhanik patu'ípak.
kupánakanakana.
Coyote was so happy when he got back. kupánakanakana.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text -
xás kóova úxviipha,
pa'îin upáktaapsip.
And she was so mad, she tipped the falls up on one end.Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text -
kóova kíri kanéepshaamkir.
They wanted so much to leave me behind.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
pa'avansáxiich vúra tá pukúnish ikviiptíhara,
kóova tóo kfuuyshur.
The boy could hardly run, he was so tired.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
kóova tá kun'aháraam,
pátu'uum.
They were so ashamed when he arrived.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
kóova uthvuyxâaha,
pamúyuup axváha mûuk kuniptáxvah.
She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text -
puxích kúnish upáthriihtih, víri puxútihap " kíri nupêer paaxíitichas ' ôok kóova nu'am.'"
It's sort of raining hard, so they don't want to ask the (neighbor's) children to eat here with them.Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text