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'a:k'iwilaw-me'-ch'inehł'e:n
je:nahch'ing'-me'-ya'xine:wh church (modern, Christian)
k'iwo'-me' the hook dancers in the Boat Dance
me'-ch'e'na:wh outhouse, (inside) bathroom
me'-ch'e:'iłsits' he's skinning (an animal)
me'-ch'iłt'oh skin (the animal)! flay it!
me'-ch'ing' into, towards the inside of it
me'-ch'iwa:t small bucket or bowl for acorn flour
me'-ch'ixine:wh telephone
me'-chwich-ch'iłchwe large burden basket, used for carrying firewood
me'-de'diłiw frying pan; pan where you put bread to cook
me'dil (traditional) canoe, (modern) boat
me'ist pestle, used to pound acorns
me'-k'e:'iłnay kitchen stove
me'-k'idilxuts he feels good (after drinking), he's high
me'-k'iłwul seed-beating basket, thresher into which seeds are beaten
me'-k'iłyo:l-na'yo:s slide trombone
me'-k'isinto'-ch'iłchwe stone dish for catching oil of cooking eels or fish
me'-k'ita:'ułtsit acorn leaching pit
me'-ky'o'diłye:wh a whistle (modern)
me'-na'a'diłwich rocking chair
me'-na'a'dinehł'e:n mirror
me'-na'dil perform (a dance step) inside a circle of dancers (a feature of the Brush Dance)
me'-na:k'iwilwe:l clip, magazine (with bullets)
me'-no'k'itul stirrup
me'-no:na'mil clothes basket
me'-no:nundiwa:tł' clock strikes the hour
me'-sa'k'ixawh eating bowl, basket
me'-siłiq' pie; anything dough-like or mud-like in a container
me'-ta'dina:n drinking glass
me'-tehna:na'k'iłdiw place for washing; washroom, bathroom; bathtub
me'-widwa:l clock
me'-yehk'iłyo:l a whistle (modern)
me'-yehk'iwta:n soapstone bowl of a pipe
me:da'ay-me' widow who has not yet cut her hair
ta'na:n-me'-ch'e:wilin faucet
ts'e:y-me' graveyard
tse:-me'-yehky'a'a:n cave
whida'-me'-ch'ixe:ne:wh he answered me
whik'iwiyul-me'-nolxit' my stomach
whila' my hand, finger
whilije'-me'-suxa:n my bladder
xayah-me' canyon near Sugar Bowl
xayts'a'-me'-silay cupboard
xokyunsa'a:n-me'-na:k'iqot he has a pain in his heart
yiduqa-to:-me' the ocean to the east of the world
'a:k'iwilaw-me'-ch'inehł'e:n • school [literally, writing-in it-someone looks at it] • compound noun • Semantic domain: modern
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