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miyeh-ts'isq'a'n he roasted it

miyeh-wunna'dil backup singers, singers who sing in the background for someone singing a melody

tse:-yeh cave; hole dug along the river for catching fish

xoyeh-no'ningxa:n she served food to him, placed food in front of him

-yeh

yineh in the ground, under the surface of the ground, underground

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #3277]

-yeh • under, at the foot of • postposition

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text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 280 (full story)
... two of them. and then they picked up the desk (what you sit on), what is made for putting stuff in

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 323 (full story)
I come to realize, the door wasn't locked

text: Creation of animals, line 40 (full story)
"I'm scared" he thought, I'm not going out there." He ducked back in

text: Creation of animals, line 43 (full story)
he peeked out, he poked his face out there, he ducked back in

text: Creation of animals, line 49 (full story)
he slammed him back in the the place where the hole is

text: Creation of animals, line 96 (full story)
while he was still asleep, it seemed like there was something shining in (through the cracks in the wall), it [the sun] came up and shone in