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'ayge whima:lyo' I'm lonesome for my friend! I miss my friend!

'iwhyo' I like it

whima:lyo'

whima:lyo'-ne'in my former friends

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1252]

whima:lyo' • my friend, relative, kinsman • noun [1sg possessor]Semantic domain: kinship

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text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 10 (full story)
... she worked. as for me, I stayed at home, my grandmother raised me, and then her friends, a lot of elderly people used to be alive at that time.

text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 62 (full story)
Then my relative (now deceased) would always come, and then she found out about it after a while.