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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
'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 how are you? how are you doing?
Dictionary Entry [entry ID #81] (related entries)
'aht'ing • all (of them), every one • quantifier
Phrases and expressions
- 'aht'in-ding all places, everwhere [literally, all-places]
- 'aht'in-ch'ing' in all directions, (to) everywhere [literally, all-toward]
- 'aht'ing-q' in every way [literally, all-ways]
- 'aht'ing-q'a-'unt'e (or 'aht'ing-q'i-'unt'e) all kinds of things, everything, every which thing, any old thing [literally, all-ways-it is, all-like-it is]
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text: Verdena's cat, line 12 (full story)
he knows everything
text: Verdena's cat, line 26 (full story)
then, somebody (strange person) calls, he always listens to everything (all the messages)
text: Verdena's cat, line 28 (full story)
and now in its place (instead, rather) a different machine is sitting there, it's all the same color
text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 34 (full story)
the linens (tablecloths) are all stiff and white, there was lace on the edges
text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 35 (full story)
he always puts all kinds of flat things and containers (onto the table), he puts them up there, she sees all that stuff from a distance and thinks it looks so good
text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 39 (full story)
all over the top of it
text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 41 (full story)
he uses his mouth to spray this water all over (the biscuits)
text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 53 (full story)
then she realized that he was spitting all over the top of it, then
text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 54 (full story)
she never liked it no more, then it was no longer really good because he would suck up water (and spray it) all over the top
text: The first ones, line 14 (full story)
Along the beach all of them on the sand, they are strong, they are young people.
text: The first ones, line 32 (full story)
And over there is where we should all go."
text: The first ones, line 47 (full story)
And then they are going toward it (the land), and into the canoes the old people put in all of their (stuff, belongings).
text: The first ones, line 51 (full story)
All of them came across after awhile.
text: The first ones, line 90 (full story)
Over there, whatever you need he (the Creator) will make for you.
text: The first ones, line 119 (full story)
At one time they were all one people/tribe.
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 11 (full story)
and then, with them all they (used to) come over, they (used to) have conversation
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 16 (full story)
"from this time on, we're going to tell her everything, we will teach her"
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 17 (full story)
and then after that, they would tell me about everything, and then the next day another one (elder) would come back again
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 19 (full story)
... everything I learned, from that
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 56 (full story)
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 71 (full story)
"me, I will pay for it all"
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 82 (full story)
it got all over the floor
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and then they shaved (me) all over my body, I didn't have any hair (to begin with)
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The surgery already done! right now it's all finished, everything looks good
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 155 (full story)
and then they pe:led it off of me, that which was stuck all over
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 219 (full story)
... inside of my belly, since it had been cut
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 244 (full story)
... she will go to school, and then we're going to give out the papers"
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 257 (full story)
he started digging through the paper, started handing them out to us all, and then they said
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 260 (full story)
they all looked at it
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 303 (full story)
so my late mother, my late stepfather, (and me), we all went there
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 357 (full story)
he threw me down over it, and I had a miscarriage
text: Creation of animals, line 11 (full story)
so then he created the animals
text: Creation of animals, line 28 (full story)
and then all the animals kept coming out, like the squirrel
text: Creation of animals, line 29 (full story)
every kind of animal came out
text: Creation of animals, line 30 (full story)
and then he cut off all of their umbilical cords
text: Creation of animals, line 53 (full story)
all of them they all spoke to one another
text: Creation of animals, line 60 (full story)
as for coyote, he goes around everywhere, he always does a lot of things
text: Creation of animals, line 62 (full story)
and so then they lived together that way, and then he watched after everything, he became the boss
text: Creation of animals, line 72 (full story)
and then in vain he's going around everywhere
text: Creation of animals, line 73 (full story)
and then after a while he said "as for right now, all ...
text: Creation of animals, line 83 (full story)
"all of you together are going to stay overnight in the sweathouse"
text: Creation of animals, line 107 (full story)
then all the people that have died ...
text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 30 (full story)
[He said,] "You'll put it in different gears."
text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 56 (full story)
And then, after that, OK, I go around all over the place, here and there.