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nehwa:n

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1890] (related entries)

nehwa:n • it resembles, looks like (something) • verb (theme: ne:-si-d-wa:n) [inanimate subject]

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text: Verdena's cat, line 4 (full story)
he looks like he's wearing a hat, and then

text: Verdena's cat, line 6 (full story)
it's like a squirrel ("it sits up on a rock")

text: Verdena's cat, line 28 (full story)
and now in its place (instead, rather) a different machine is sitting there, it's all the same color

text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 3 (full story)
small child starting to sit up, it started growing up a little bit, then it started walking

text: The first ones, line 108 (full story)
"There! It looks like a fawn's face!" And then...

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 161 (full story)
it seemed like I was really strong, (while) I was lying there

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 172 (full story)
it doesn't appear to be a hard thing to do. And then they started helping me along

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 339 (full story)
as for them, they also seemed kind of drunk

text: Creation of animals, line 97 (full story)
he looked around and opened his eyes, nobody was there. only one tail sitting there; it was ugly