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do:-heh

do:-xowich'e:di-heh don't lie! no lying!

-heh despite, even if

tilchwing it (plant) is growing

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #2178]

do:-heh • not at all • compound negative particle

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text: The first ones, line 41 (full story)
haya:ł 'a:ya'de:ne' "me:lah-'e:n' ła'ay-xw-q'ut tin do:-xokyun-ya:xole:n do:-heh 'a:ya:ch'ondehsne' keh na:yaydił na:yima:n ya:xoxa: hay xok'isdiya:n'-tah"
And then they said: "(As for) some people (that came across), they really (in a big way) don't have any common sense. They never thought 'Hey, let's go back after them,' their elders."

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 215 (full story)
"watch out. don't let anyone hit you in the belly"