'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
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?
duxo:-'a:ch'idiyaw • he died (commonest euphemism) [literally, in some way-he did it] • compound verb (theme: duxo: + 'a:=d-yaw) [perfective, animate subject] • Semantic domain: health
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