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'a:diwung-na:niwhda'ay

na:xowh'ay I invite him around (to different places, here and there)

-wung from, from it (leaving it behind), concerning it, to it, about it (in phrases)

xowh'ay I ask him (to do something)

yehna:xowh'ay I'm inviting him in

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #464]

'a:diwung-na:niwhda'ay • I'm calling it (e.g., dog) back • compound verb (theme: 'a:di-wa:n + na:=O-ni-ł-d-'a:/'a') [imperfective, 1sg subject, inanimate object, reflexive oblique]Semantic domain: talking