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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
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 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 #604]
-wung • from, from it (leaving it behind), concerning it, to it, about it (in phrases) • postposition
- whiwung from me, to me [1sg object]
- xowung from him, to him [animate object]
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- wung
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- wung
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text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 155 (full story)
and then they pe:led it off of me, that which was stuck all over
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 234 (full story)
they laughed at me, and they said
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 237 (full story)
and then they all laughed
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 239 (full story)
there again everybody started laughing at me, and they said
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 259 (full story)
and then they grabbed it and yanked it away from me (the report card)
text: Creation of animals, line 66 (full story)
... stories about him, all the things that they say he did
text: Creation of animals, line 76 (full story)
and then they said, "you've got to make room for the people are going to be around here"
text: Creation of animals, line 88 (full story)
"you will move out of the way for the people that are coming"