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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]
- tingyahwh go off! [imperative, light stem, 1sg subject]
- ch'itina:wh he's going off [imperfective, animate subject]
- te:se:yay I went off [perfective, 1sg subject]
- te:sinyay you went off [perfective, 2sg subject]
- ch'itehsyay he went off [perfective, animate subject]
- ch'ite'ina:wh he always went off [customary, animate subject]
- te:sinya:-te you will go off [future tense, perfective, 2sg subject]
Phrases and expressions
- wun-te:sa:yay I went off without it, I went off from it
- mahn-tehsyay they went off in a war party [literally, war party-went off]
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...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.