Ararahih'urípih
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manâa maybe, perhaps, I don't know

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4209 | revised Nov 14 2014

manâa • PCL • maybe, perhaps, I don't know Variant: man'áta.

Derivation:  man áta
why... maybe

Source: WB 966.1, p.366

  • manâa vaa kôomahich tanipikrôok. That's as much as I remember. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 024]

Sentence examples (15)


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  1. manâa peefíkriiptihaak, vaa kári i'afishêenatiheesh
    When you're sorting it, then you can feel it.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  2. víri manâa vaa yav, pavaa ivíiktihaak.
    Well, it's good that you weave that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. víri manâa hôoy if áta ishêeyti, kumá'ii peevíikti.
    Well, it's not true that you don't know how, because you're weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. manâa puxutihara xáy kêechas nihruv.
    Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. Well, whatever you got manâa vaa ihrôovish.
    Well, whatever you got, that's what you'll use.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. Well, manâa pu'ikyâatihara.
    Well, you don't make it [acorn soup].
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. víri manâa puná'aapunmutihara xás vúra xás kôok patákiram vúra kunikyâati.
    I don't know what kind they make for a soaking basket
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. manâa iim káruk va'áraar, I guess.
    Well, you're an upriver Indian, I guess.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  9. manâa uum pukoovúra kin'ítaptihara, pukoovúra kin'áapunmutihara pakúupha.
    We didn't learn everything, we don't know all the customs.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  10. manâa ník vaa, vaa vúra nik, that's good enough.
    That's just enough, that's good enough.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  11. manâa naa káru nikuphêesh, ayu'âach pa-sand vúra vaa.
    That's what I do too, because of the sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. manâa vaa pa'ávansa vúra vaa puxích mít vúra itíhaan vúra ikpíhan.
    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. manâa vaa kôomahich tá nipikróok.
    That’s as much as I remember.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  14. manâa naa mít káru nîinamich itíhaan áhup nukyâati, pananitípa xákaan, áhup núkpaakti.
    Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  15. xás kunipêer " manâa vúra tá núpsaamkir."
    And they told her, "Perhaps we're leaving you behind."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text