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'iwht'us I'm cutting it

'o:wit'a:ts' mida'ch that has been incised (like nahdiyaw) but not used as money

dah- on top

dahk'it'us

dahna:diwilt'a:ts' two strips cut off of each side of the backbone of a salmon

k'inilt'a:ts' cut up and dried venison, jerky

k'iniłt'us cut it up (e.g., venison, salmon) for drying!

mine:jit-dahna:k'e:t'a:ts' I cut it in half

na:xodiwht'us I'm cutting him with a knife, slashing him

ya:k'iwilt'a:ts' something cut up into strips, fringes (as in buckskin)

yunt'us cut it up!

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #4540]

dahk'it'us • he cuts it in two, cuts (e.g. finger) off • verb (theme: dah=k'i-(n)-t'us/t'a:ts') [imperfective, thematic object] • Semantic domain: cutting

Examples from texts
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text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 68 (full story)
"do:-xoling xono'k'it'us ya'xosohłwe'-n"
"they can't cut her open, they might kill her"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 121 (full story)
"do:-me:diwhdin whino'kit'us!" haya:ł whiwung xwa:nło'
"I don't want surgery!" and then she laughed at me

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 123 (full story)
"q'ut 'e:ng' do:ng' nino'k'int'a:ts' hay-de:di 'aht'ing mindaxe' 'aht'ing niwhong-xw 'a:niwehst'e'" haya:ł
The surgery already done! right now it's all finished, everything looks good

text: Creation of animals, line 24 (full story)
xots'e:q'it dahk'int'a:ts'
he cut the umbilical cord

text: Creation of animals, line 27 (full story)
mine:jixomił k'iłixun ch'inya haya:ł hayi-xw q'ina xots'e:q'it dahk'int'a:ts'
after a while a deer came out, and then he also cut his umbilical cord

text: Creation of animals, line 30 (full story)
haya:ł 'aht'ing xots'e:q'it dahk'int'a:ts'
and then he cut off all of their umbilical cords

text: Creation of animals, line 48 (full story)
xots'e:q'it dahk'int'a:ts' hayahujit
he cut his umbilical cord and then