Sentence:  [T]he speaker had heard on the radio that a bear had attacked a woman. From the description of her wounds on the radio, he infers, using the mirative/inferential particle "lą̄ą̄", that she was dragged by the bear. ... This particle also implies that the speaker was surprised at the event. Bear attacks are uncommon in Arizona, and the woman was someone the speaker was acquainted with. In fact, "lą̄ą̄" is more fundamentally a <WSD>mirative</WSD> than an inferential, ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (An instance of) a form of a word which conveys this mood.