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Dictionary Entry [entry ID #3006] (related entries)

wha • sun, moon • noun • Semantic domain: sky

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text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 74 (full story)
me:ya'wing'e:tł'-ding-me' k'iste:n wha no:ya'ning'a:n ...
they put a bed in the sitting room for me

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 138 (full story)
haya:ł diywho' do:-wha yak'iłkit
and then they never give me anything to eat

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 144 (full story)
hay wha no:ya'ningxa:n haya:ł tea q'ina'
then they brought tea for me also

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 147 (full story)
hay k'e:ya'n hay wha yeh-ya'wingxa:n haya:ł ts'eh ting chwing-me:do:whle haya:ł ts'eh
I ate what they brought in for me (the jello), and then I still felt hungry

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 210 (full story)
"diywho' 'unt'e mito' wilchwung-xw ch'inehwa:n-'un'te-tah wha k'yohłki-ne'"
"you can feed her stuff that that's like juice"

text: Creation of animals, line 13 (full story)
"haya:ł hay wha 'ulleh-te hay 'a:nił-de:n'-te"
"and then you're going to do for me what I tell you."