Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1222] (related entries)
-a • for • postposition
- wha for me, for my benefit [1sg object]
- xwa for him, her [animate object]
- ma for it [inanimate object]
- 'a:da for one's own benefit, by oneself, by itself [reflexive object]
- wha:-ch'ischwe'n for me-he made it
- xwa:-k'e'wiłna' for him-she cooked it
- 'a:da:-na:'usto'n [literally, by herself-she danced]
Audio (click to listen)
- wha: je:na:k'iliwh
part my hair! (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- wha: nana:wiloy'
I wrapped up my hair in two things and put fur around it (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- xwa: na:wiloy'
hair tied up in a strap (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- wha
for me (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- wha k'ima:w ch'ischwin'-te
he's going to make medicine for me (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- xwa: k'ima:w ch'ischwin'-te
he or she is going to make medicine for me (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- ch'idilwa:wh-ding ma: dahya'wing'ay
judge (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- do: whe xol'e'n
I can't see (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- do: whe xowe:ys'e'n
I'm having trouble seeing (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- ma:-ts'isye:n ma:-dahya'wing'ay
judge (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- ma: dah-ya'wing'ay
he sits up there (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- naha: k'ide:ts'eh na'k'iłchwe
he is interpreting for us (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- wha k'ide:ts'eh na'k'iłchwe
he's interpreting for me (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- xwa k'ide:ts'eh na'k'iłchwe
he interprets it for him (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- xwa k'ide:ts'eh naya'k'iłchwe
he interprets it for them (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- ya:xwa k'ide:ts'eh na'k'iłchwe
he is interpreting for them (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- ya:xwa k'ide:ts'eh na'k'ischwe'n
he interpreted or explained it for them (spoken by Verdena Parker)
Examples from texts
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łiwun hay de:-nohq'it-xwa-'un-ching' ch'ixine:wh haya:ł 'a:ya:xołch'ine: "hayah wohdil-e:-te: haya:ł ninis'a:n-'ung' hayah
the one who prays/preaches for them. and then he tells them "There you will go. And there is land...
And (they built) several houses from there towards downriver and then...
He (the Creator) made the dances for them.
it used to be a lot different, there used to be an army hospital sitting there (place where sick people live, for soldiers)
they put a bed in the sitting room for me
and then they never give me anything to eat
then they brought tea for me also
I ate what they brought in for me (the jello), and then I still felt hungry
"you can feed her stuff that that's like juice"
he started digging through the paper, started handing them out to us all, and then they said
"she doesn't know anything," they said, "the work will be too hard for her"
he was a policeman, Bill Quinby was his name. For him ...
for him they brought things together (gifts) and had a big dinner
xa'e'te:de:tł' ch'iniwint'ik' ya'k'iwinya'n diywho' 'a:da:-no:kiłe: xiwinse'n me' haya:ł q'ut ya:k'iwidiya'n
they were all in a line, piling stuff on their (own) plates, and we all ate also
for that reason, I never said nothing, after a while, I finally became his wife
"and then you're going to do for me what I tell you."
My husband always says, "You're going to climb up on the back of this motorcycle."