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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 (people) gather things (food, basket materials, acorns, etc.)

wun-nowht'aw I believe it

wun-te:sa:yay

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 #1349] (related entries)

tiwha:wh • I'm going off • verb (theme: ti-(s)-ha:wh/ya:) [imperfective, 1sg subject]

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text: The first ones, line 35 (full story)
...then more people left to where the (island) is floating.

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 9 (full story)
for that reason she went off looking for work, and then way over there ...

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 25 (full story)
in spite of that, I went

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 27 (full story)
and then I always leave (for school) and then something ...

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 31 (full story)
I was getting high grades, some things I really learned well, like reading

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 87 (full story)
"we have to take her to Eureka to the doctor"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 117 (full story)
they came in, the person that takes care of you (the nurse), and she said

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 175 (full story)
somehow I started to move my legs

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 176 (full story)
I walked to the end of the bed somehow

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 177 (full story)
and then at the end of the bed, they turned me around and I went back

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 186 (full story)
"she can get up, stand up occasionally, but don't let her walk"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 198 (full story)
again I'm walking and they don't know it

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 232 (full story)
and then in the morning I got up and I went there, I got on

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 235 (full story)
"why did you come today, only one day left? today everybody leaves."

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 241 (full story)
... for a long time, why is she only coming today?"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 243 (full story)
"don't bother her, as for her, she came today ...

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 266 (full story)
and then, that's the way it went

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 281 (full story)
and then I followed them

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 283 (full story)
... and then I went up one (grade)

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 284 (full story)
and then I went in and gave the papers to the teacher

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 291 (full story)
and then when that term went by, I went to another level

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 293 (full story)
it turned out I had passed to the next grade

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 295 (full story)
so I went along until I hit 11th grade

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 302 (full story)
lots of people came, and then

text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 4 (full story)
"You'll go with me."

text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 7 (full story)
He goes to Willow Creek sometimes, then sometimes...

text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 8 (full story)
...he rides to the store on it, and then he always tells me, "You'll like it a lot."

text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 39 (full story)
and then, after that, [he said] "If you're going to go faster, put it into third gear," and then I did that.