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'awhlaw I did it

-ding at that place, at that time

minłung-miwah-na:nahx twelve

nahdiminłung twenty

nahdiminłung-miwah-na:nahx twenty-two

nahding-yisxa:ni-mił after two days had passed

nahdin-tah ta:q'idin-tah either two times or three times

nahdiysxa:n (it lasted) two days, two days passed

nahnin me:niwho:n two people are required (for the job)

nahx two

nahxa-le:n large (and valuable) blanket made from two (deer)hides sewn together; a 'double' blanket

nahx-dikin two hundred

nahxi-k'iq'os-na:diwul a mythical giant with two heads, on necks that swing around

nahxi-tehs'a two-pronged fish spear

nah-xowe:-ding located at both places, on both sides

siłwe

xe' foot

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1710] (related entries)

siłwe • kill it (one animal)! • verb (theme: O-si-(s)-ł-we:/we:n) [imperative, inanimate object]

Examples from texts
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text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 68 (full story)
"they can't cut her open, they might kill her"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 363 (full story)
"you have killed what was going to be a baby"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 365 (full story)
... that (baby) he killed. And then after that, again, I had a girl [Debbie]