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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 I did it anyway, even so

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

nahdiyaw

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 #2026] (related entries)

nahdiyaw • money (general term) • deverbal noun • Semantic domain: money
Note: The traditional term was nahdiyaw, now generally used for modern money. In order to be valuable, dentalia shells had to be long enough to reach from the base of the finger to the last joint, one and a half inches or longer. They were usually incised, strung on necklaces, and kept in special elkhorn purses.

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