Dictionary Entry [entry ID #127] (related entries)
-na:t • around, all around (in a circle) • postposition
- whina:t around me, all around me (in a circle) [1sg object]
- mina:t around it [inanimate object]
- niłna:t around each other [reciprocal object]
- xong'-mina:t ch'itehsyay he went around the fire
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- mina:t
all around it (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- mina:ditoy
island (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- ninis'a:n minahstoy
island (spoken by Verdena Parker)
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I used to have the answering machine sitting beside it
they walk around the house
haya:ł miq'it-dahky'a:n-q'it dahsid'ut'-tah ła'ay-xw q'ut dists'e:n łiqay mina:t ya:silay 'aht'ing-xw-'unt'e k'iwitł'o:n
the linens (tablecloths) are all stiff and white, there was lace on the edges
right under my arms here, from there it went all across, around and round
there seemed to be something wrapped around my face
jahda: ch'ingkya:w na:d-e:-xw na:tł'a' na:ła'-q'i-ch'in' ye: no:'o:ltsil 'e'iliw haya:ł na:k'ide'iwis-te: ye: 'e'iliw haya:ł jahda:-din do: 'iwhyo' 'a:dił na'xołte: hayi-'e'n
...she's too big, it's like she leans over in the wrong way around the back [of the motorcycle], then it seems like it's going to fall over, and then I don't like to take her with me very much.