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'awhdiyaw I did it

do:-...heh no ...-ing (ever)! don't ever ...!

do:-heh not at all

dongq'e'eh not yet

hay the, that, the one who (is, does)

-heh

k'e:niwh it is thundering

xoh...-heh even if, no matter how

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1014]

-heh • despite, even if • conditional particle

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text: The first ones, line 70 (full story)
haya:ł-q'ut hayi-heh 'a:ya'de:ne'
And then, even then they said:

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 25 (full story)
hayi-heh q'ut te:se:yay
in spite of that, I went

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 72 (full story)
hayi-heh "daw"
even then, "no" [said grandma]

text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 20 (full story)
haya:ł hayi-heh q'ut hayi niwhong-xw 'a:niwehst'e'
Then in spite of that it was OK.