Ararahih'urípih
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mâa look!

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4132 | revised Nov 08 2005

mâa • INTERJ • look! Variant: máva.

Source: WB 973, p.367

  • mâa ôok tani'áhoo. Here I come! [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 368]
  • mâa naa ôok. Here I am! [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 369]

Sentence examples (12)


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  1. mâa vúrava sâam súva vúrava papírish úxaaktih.
    A little downhill I heard a noise in the brush.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. mâa vúrava sáruk papírish kich uváyvaayhitih.
    Only the brush was moving.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. víri voom péemuustihaak, ixúseesh, mâa vaa pay.
    When you look at it, you'll think, “That's it.”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  4. chími fâat ayu'âach vúra uum vúra vaa táni'áfish, mâa vaa pay vaahyâach.
    It's because I feel it, [I think] “That's the right one!”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  5. mâa yáxa vaa puxay íim pu'ipthíithtihara, vaa vúra tipáchish.
    You see, you don't finish it, you just throw it away.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  6. xás upíip " mâa páy pa'úruh.
    And he said, "Here, these are your eggs.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  7. kári xás upêer " mâa páy pamikinínaasich."
    And he said, "Here's your pets."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  8. xás mâa páykuuk pakinínaasich iinâak utnúpukva.
    And behold, there the pet peeked out from inside (a nest).
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  9. xás kunpiip, " arákaas, mâa páy pamiváfish."
    And they said, "Old man, here! this is your liver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  10. mâa páy pamiváfish."
    Here, this is your liver!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  11. kári xás kunipéer, " mâa kâam vuhvúha ukyáati pakúth ivúrayvutih.
    And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  12. mâa vúra vóokxiipshiprin pakachakâach tu'árihishrih.
    She flew away, she turned into Bluejay.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play