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'a:diwung-na:niwhda'ay I'm calling it (e.g., dog) back

'a:diwung-xwe:lik I told about myself

daydi-wung what for? why? for what reason?

hayi-wung for that reason, that is why

k'e:w-wung-wilme'n (?)(?) blind for hunting

k'idiwun-na:way she dances the doctor-training dance

k'iwuna:yay'dil they are hunting

k'iwunay'iwhday I am hunting, pursuing something

k'iwun-ch'idne he prays, preaches

k'iwungxoya:n old man

k'ixahs-wun-ts'isday hunting camp

nahdiyaw-wung-no:l'qe:t a trap for money, a trap to catch money with

wa:nun'diwinde:tł' they all got back off of it

whiwina:wehsditiw I lost the race

whiwun-ch'ina:wh he is visiting me

whiwundinchwit wipe me off!

whiwung my female genitals (euphemism)

whiwung-miq'isilin'-te I will be late, delayed

whiwunjich give me (e.g., sugar)!

whiwun-na:niwehsdilay I lost (in gambling)

whiwun-na:nło' you laughed at me

whiwun-nixohsle' I lost it

wun'da'awh thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)

wun'dilwa:wh they are talking, conversing about it

wun'k'idiwiłxut' he uncovered something

wundidsits' (skin) peels off

wundiłch'ut' peel off bark (from a tree or bush whose bark comes off easily)!

wundiwha:wh I'm getting off of it

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

wung'xine:wh he talks about it

wung-xoje'-ch'o:nda' he has pity, pities someone

wun-na'dil they are busy with it, are occupied with it

wun-na'way he is busy with it, works on it, is occupied with it

wun-na:ya'xolyiw

wun-nowht'aw I believe it

wun-te:sa:yay I went off without it, I went off from it

wun-xole:n business, affairs

xon'-wun-nongwiwh light the fire!

xowa:na:na:lwe:n medicine to remove hard feelings, for forgiveness

xowung-'a:dixa:niwhdiya'n I make him my enemy

xowung-'o:ninsing keep the facts hidden from him!

xowung-dahding'awh take it (e.g., stone) away from him, deprive him of it!

xowung-k'iwhliwh I am jealous of him

xowung-ky'a:xawhky'ow I'm envious of him

xowung-ky'ondilung don't believe him!

xowung-ning'awh bring (round object) to him!

xowun-nahsdimit it turned over (like a boat)

xowun-no'niłqe:t he aimed at him

xowun-tiwiwhła:t I ran away from him

yiwun-na:'usmit he turned it (e.g. basket, boat) over

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1305] (related entries)

wun-na:ya'xolyiw • (people) gather things (food, basket materials, acorns, etc.) • verb (theme: wa:n + na:=xo-(s)-l-yiw) [imperfective, animate subject, plural num]Semantic domain: food