qariibán approximately, about

• • approximately, about

  • • Example 287:
      

      taqriibán bóoš baǰáii the bhéṭa.

      taqriibán

      approximately

      báaš

      twelve

      baǰá

      hour

      -ii

      -gen

      the

      to

      bheṭ

      sit.down.pfv

      -a

      -MPL

      They sat down at about twelve o'clock.

      Source:

      A:DRA004

    • Example 670:
      

      aní deesóom atshareetá wée qariibán čúur zára kušúni hína.

      aní

      prox

      deés

      day

      -am

      -pl.obl

      atshareét

      <place>

      -a

      -obl

      wée

      in

      qariibán

      approximately

      čáur

      four

      zir

      thousand

      -a

      -pl

      kušúni

      households

      hin

      be.prs

      -a

      -MPL

      Nowadays there are about four thousand people in Ashret.

      Source:

      A:PAS007

    • Example 1566:
      

      paṇáaru táapaṛ thaní awaagír qariibán dúu thiáaḍa miilá táapaṛ hínu.

      paṇár

      white

      -u

      -MSG

      táapaṛ

      hill

      thaní

      called

      awaagír

      up.high

      qariibán

      approximately

      du

      two

      thiáḍ

      and.half

      -a

      -pl

      miíl

      mile

      -a

      -pl

      táapaṛ

      hill

      hin

      be.prs

      -u

      -MSG

      There is a hill, about two and a half miles uphill, called paṇáaru táapaṛ [white hill].

      Source:

      A:HUA117