Dictionary Entry [entry ID #3373] (related entries)
Phrases and expressions
-q' • in such a way, like... • postposition
Note: adverb formant
- de:-q' in this way
- hayi-q' in that way
- xwe:di-q' in what way?
- xwe:di-q' 'a:'udyaw how did he do it?
Audio (click to listen)
- duxwe:di-q' 'a:'udyaw
in what way did this happen to him? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- xwe:di-q' 'a:'udyaw
in what way did this happen to him (spoken by Verdena Parker)
Examples from texts
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he doesn't know how I can be in that phone
... the people that are teaching, who only speak English. and then,
"right now, we're doing this to you, because you're going to leave"
he told me "after this,"
"this, you do it this way" and then I would do it
some of them talked Hupa, we used to talk Indian together
he kept on telling them, "this is what your name will be" then "your name will be tse:-q'i-ya:ng'ay (squirrel)"