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de'diłeh he bakes (bread, cake, etc.)

de:diwiłiq' bread, baked goods

na'xoniłiw he throws mud at someone

na:niwiłiq' Mongolian spots

siłiq' a dough-like, mud-like object lies somewhere

te:łiq' it has started to rot

wiwhłe:l I'm carrying a dough-like object along (e.g., a lump of dough, a piece of mud, a rotten apple)

yunłeh pick up (a dough-like object)!

yunłeh

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #4659]

yunłeh • rot! • verb (theme: ya:=(s)-łiw/łiq') [imperative, light stem, 2sg subject]

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text: Buzzard and Blowfly make a wager, line 3 (full story)
'a'de:ne', "Dunda:ng' ... dunda:ng' na:tseh ch'iłtsa:n-te: diywho' yo:w yahsłiq' siłtin-te:?"
Blowfly said, "Which of us will be the first to see something rotten lying somewhere?"