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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

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 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 #4515] (related entries)

'awhniw • I am doing it, acting thus • verb (theme: 'a:=niw) [optative, 1sg subject]

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text: Creation of animals, line 60 (full story)
as for coyote, he goes around everywhere, he always does a lot of things