Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1612] (related entries)
Phrases and expressionsła'ay-xw • immediately, at once, right then; nothing but, only • temporal adverb • Semantic domain: time
- ła'ayxw-ya'wingxits' right then-she fell over
- ła'ayxw-dilxijiłiqay nothing but-white deerskins
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- ła'ay-xw
all at one time (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- ła'ay-xw do:-'owhts'it
I don't know (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- ła'ay-xw xolisch
immediately (spoken by Verdena Parker)
Examples from texts
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naya'widil haya:ł me:da'ay-ne:s 'e'n na:'ulte' miq'it-na:na'ay-e: ła'ay-xw ch'ina'n ting niwho:n miq'it-na:na:di'a' wha:ne me' na:k'idił-ne'in
they're coming back, then as for the Chinese, he was working at ironing, he did really good ironing, they only went around in well-ironed clothes
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
hayahujit xong dahch'e'iliwh diywho' 'aht'ing-xw-'unt'e: dahch'itixa:wh ła'ay-xw-q'ut tin ne'iwho'n-e:
he always puts all kinds of flat things and containers (onto the table), he puts them up there, she sees all that stuff from a distance and thinks it looks so good
de:di-'ungya' me:da'ay-ne:s ch'ischwin'-xola:n la'ay-xw-q'ut tin niwho:n de:diwiłiq' me' silay wilchwe:n haya:ł ya:na:da:wh
she realized that the Chinese man made [all at once] really good bread sitting in (a pan) and it was rising
and then I just can't figure out why they're asking me this question
and then "no" I said, suddenly I feel sick all over
I said "I feel really sick all of a sudden" and then
It came pouring out all over, a lot of blood
I was so sick all over, I kept vomiting a little bit all the time
right then, "hurry up!"
and then it took off real fast, at once it was moving fast, around (the corners)
and then it was running fast, I could really feel it,
he came and he said
and then, I woke up again, I felt really good, I just felt like lying there, and I lay there, and at once
not nowhere in my body, I don't feel no pain
I'm going to roll over (wiggle), I thought. Then I realized I'm all tied up.
all of a sudden what used to be my legs, I couldn't even step on my own
ła'ay-xw ts'eh q'ut do:-ya:e:yta:tł' hay k'iste:n michwut na:ya'whiniłdite:n je:nah nayawhiłte:n nane:se:te:n
I didn't think I could do it. at the side of the bed, they helped me back, and they put me back up there (lying), and I laid back down
"because then suddenly ...
lots of people came, and then
all of a sudden he sort of jumped in there in the backseat where I was laying down