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'a:dina:taw-'a:'udyaw he did it unawares

'a:k'idyaw what has happened

'a:t'e:n it is doing it

'awhdiyaw I did it

'awhne:l I'm doing so (right along)

'awhniw I am doing it, acting thus

da'a:ch'idyaw he ran away, fled

duxo:-'a:ch'idiyaw he died (commonest euphemism)

hayiheh-'awhdiyaw

na:milah-'a:ch'idyaw he does things in a contrary way, breaks rules

nahdiyaw money (general term)

whikyulah-'a:k'idyah I got angry, mad

xo:'a:'udyaw corpse (polite term)

xwe:di-q' 'a:'udyaw how did he do it?

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1014] (related entries)

-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)
in spite of that, I went

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

text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 20 (full story)
Then in spite of that it was OK.