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'a'niwehst'e' he came to be, became (such and such)

'a:wht'e I am (such and such)

'aht'ing-q'a-'unt'e all kinds of things, everything, every which thing, any old thing

'unt'eh clearly

k'ite:t'aw sucking doctor, Indian doctor (general term)

k'itise:xwo-'a:wht'e I am smart

me:k'int'e it is the length of it, it is as long as it

na'siłwa:-'a:'unt'e he is a butcher

nichwing'xw-'a:wht'e I'm unwell, not feeling good

niwhongxw-'a:wht'e I'm well, I'm feeling good

wint'e it always happens, it is always so

xo'a:'unt'e honest, goodnatured

xuxa:nt'e it is light (in weight), not heavy

xwe:di-whung 'a:nt'e

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1581] (related entries)

duxwe:di (or xwe:di, xwe:t) • how? in what way? • interrogative adverb

Phrases and expressions

xwe:di-whung 'a:nt'e how are you? how are you doing? [literally, how-only-you are]

Audio (click to listen)

duxwe:di-q' 'a:'udyaw in what way did this happen to him? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
duxwe:di-whung 'a:nt'e how is your health? are you all right? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
duxwe:di 'a:'udyaw how did he do it? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
duxwe:di 'a:'ulaw how did he do it? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
duxwe:di 'a:nt'e how are you? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
duxwe:di 'unłung how many (sticks) (spoken by Verdena Parker)
duxwe:di 'unłung king how many sticks (spoken by Verdena Parker)
xwe:di how (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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text: Verdena's cat, line 21 (full story)

xwe:di-gya'awh-'ung hayah me' ch'e'ida' haya:ł ch'e:na'ida:wh haya:ł na'ne'ida:wh

she's in there, and then she comes back out, and then she comes back home

text: Verdena's cat, line 29 (full story)

haya:ł do: ch'ohłts'it hayi xwe:di xowh ye: 'a'ulah-te: haya:ł hayi ...

he doesn't know what he's going to do with it, and then that

text: Verdena's cat, line 33 (full story)

haya:ł hayah ya'a'a' ch'ine:'ił'e'n xwe:di-gya'awh-'ung ch'o'ine'

and then he sits there and looks at (the phone), he always thinks/wonders what's going on

text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 13 (full story)

hayah-ch'in' naydił, haya:ł xwe:di-gya'awh-'ung 'a:k'it'e:n ch'o:'ine' xontah nikya:w sa'a:n

let's go there, then she wondered what's going on in that big house

text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 22 (full story)

de:di 'ungya' xwe:di-gya' 'unłung xo'osday wha:ne xontah me:q' na:wa:

oh gee, there are only men walking around in there

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 34 (full story)

"xwe:di xowh 'a:de:n'-te?"

"what am I going to say?"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 38 (full story)

"xwe: do:ng' 'unt'e nimit' gya' nikya:w!"

what's wrong with you, your belly looks big!

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 56 (full story)

mine:jixomił xutł'e'-dung ch'e:whsit xwe:di gya' 'a:wht'e 'aht'ing-ding diwe:ch'a:t-e: xola:n

I woke up in the morning, and it turned out I was hurting all over my body,

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 63 (full story)

hay whunchwing 'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne' mine:jixomił yehch'iwinyay haya:ł 'a'de:n' "xwe:di 'ung?"

she told my mother. after a while she [mother] came in and she said, "what's wrong?"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 118 (full story)

"xwe:di 'a:nt'e?" haya:ł 'a:xoł-de:ne'

"how do you feel?" and then I told her,

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 194 (full story)

do:-'a:ya'ch'o:ne hay whe duxwe:di 'a:wht'e:n

they didn't know what I was doing

text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 40 (full story)

q'ut do'n tin nił-diniwił'a' whił-ch'ide:n' hay xwe:di-q'i nahł'its-wilchwe:n

"You learned really fast," he told me, "how to drive it!"