'e'ilwil-mił every evening, whenever night comes
ch'idung' at first, to begin with
da'n a while ago, already
da'ne long ago
dahungwho'- sometime
-de' if, when (in the future)
de:dixwo-yidahch'ing-wing'a'-mił when the sun has risen well above the mountains to the east, about 9 a.m.
de:dixwo-yinuqa-wing'a'-mił when the sun has risen to a point high in the sky to the south-southeast, around noon or a little before
de:sxa:n today
do:-...-dung' before..., until...
do:-mide'xine:wh-mining late fall month; November
dongq'a' before
dongq'e'eh not yet
dung' springtime (archaic term)
-dung' just past, when (in the past)
hayah-de' at that time (in the future)
hayah-dung' at that time (in the past)
-hit at the time that..., while..., when..., during...
je:nis day
jingkyow there is sunshine
jit just now
k'iye again
ła'a-ding sometimes, at times
ła'ay-xw immediately, at once, right then; nothing but, only
ła'-me:nundiya:-dung' the year before
me'-no:nundiwa:tł' clock strikes the hour
me'-widwa:l clock
me:na:wh it's getting to be time for it
mił when..., after...
minah beforehand, ahead of time, in advance
mine:jixomił afterwards, then (after a while)
mining month (in names of months)
miq'i-sile'n it has gotten late
miq'it-dahwing'a' the sun has set behind the western hills, it is sunset
na:ng'a' the moon has gone through a complete cycle
na:ng'a' a (traditional) lunar month, a (modern) calendar month
na:sda'undeh a few days ago
nayk'isdił clock
-ne'in used to (do, be), was ...-ing, former, deceased
-ne:jit while..., in the midst of ...ing
no:lah the new moon comes, a month begins
q'a:de' after a while
q'ung recently, just now, new
q'ut now, already, still
q'ut...mił as soon as..., just when...
sa'a it is a long time
t'unq' fall (season)
-te will... (future tense)
tse'ehdzi- a little while
tsit first
wilwił-ding evening
wiłdung' yesterday
wint'e it always happens, it is always so
xay winter; year
xonsił summer
xutł'e' night
xutł'e'-dung' (early) in the morning, daybreak
xwe:ysxa:n he passed the night
yehna'k'iliji-wha:' late winter month; March
yiłxa it is dawning, day is breaking
yima:n-sile'n-ding springtime
yisxun-de' tomorrow
yisxun-yisxa:n
yitse'ni-wa'a:l the sun gets lower and lower in the sky, moves progressively westward
yitse'ni-wing'a' the sun has moved to the western side of the sky, it is afternoon
yisxun-yisxa:n • the day after tomorrow [literally, tomorrow's-tomorrow] • compound noun • Semantic domain: time
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