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whikiwung

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #3552] (related entries)

whikiwung • I am asleep • verb (theme: P-ki-(w)-wun/wun') [imperfective, 1sg oblique]

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text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 114 (full story)
I said "one, two, three" and that's the only (thing) I remember, and then I guess I went to sleep

text: Creation of animals, line 95 (full story)
in the middle of the night, I guess he was sound asleep, and the sticks poked through his eyes--his eyelids.

text: Creation of animals, line 96 (full story)
while he was still asleep, it seemed like there was something shining in (through the cracks in the wall), it [the sun] came up and shone in