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'awhlaw

-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 kill it (one animal)!

xe' foot

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #835] (related entries)

'awhlaw • I did it • verb (theme: 'a:=O-law) [perfective, 1sg subject, inanimate object]

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text: Verdena's cat, line 29 (full story)
he doesn't know what he's going to do with it, and then that

text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 60 (full story)
somebody was waiting for her there, he did a bad thing to her, and then

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 333 (full story)
"don't tell nobody about what you did"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 346 (full story)
"what you did, for that reason"

text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 39 (full story)
and then, after that, [he said] "If you're going to go faster, put it into third gear," and then I did that.