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puu no
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lexicon ID #5132 | revised Nov 07 2014
puu • NEG • no Variant: pûuhara.
Source: WB files
- pûu, xáy vásih néeshpat. No, I might get my back broken. [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 050]
Sentence examples (8)
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xás nipiip,
puu,
xâatik vúra nipípas.
And I said, "No, let me just take him home.Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text -
kári xás kunpíip "
pûu."
And they said, "No."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
pûu,
xáy vási néeshpat.
No, I might get my back broken.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
pûu,
xáy axvâa néeshxax."
No, I might get my head smashed."Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text -
" pûu, púra fâat vúra neepítihara."
"No, I didn't say anything."Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text -
xás upíip "
pûu,
vaa vúra níthxuuneesh,
káruma nik áachip kóo tuvíkahitih.
And she said, "No, I'll wear it this way, (though) the fact is that it's only woven half-way.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text -
xás upiip, "
pûu,
naa vúra kâanimich.
And he said, "No, I'm poor.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás upiip, "
pûu,
naa vúra pananípaa nîinamich,
hôoy íf nuyâaheesh.
And he said, "No, my boat is little, we won't fit.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text