Dictionary Entry [entry ID #2229] (related entries)
Phrases and expressionswhung (or wha:ne) • just, only, alone • adverb
- daydi-whung is there anything at all? [literally, what?-only]
- jingkyohding-wha:ne-k'itł'oy in the daytime-only-one weaves
- mixa:ch'e'xole:n-whung-k'isxa:n incense root-only-grew there
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- xong wha:ne
him only (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- minin wha:ne
sloping highway from Hoopa to Weitchpec; bank (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- hayi-xw wha:ne
that's it, the only way (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- hayi wha:ne
just only that (spoken by Verdena Parker)
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- diydi-whung (spoken by Billy Carpenter)
- diydi-whung (spoken by Marjorie Jarnaghan)
Examples from texts
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and that's it (end of story)
oh gee, there are only men walking around in there
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
and then right there, it's only there in the kitchen they can sit up to the table and eat
and then as for her, she thought something nasty his saliva is on everything
I used to only speak Indian language
only coyote along with other animals was there
he (the last animal) realized the quartz blade is sitting there with blood all over it
he looked around and opened his eyes, nobody was there. only one tail sitting there; it was ugly
that's the end of this story
That was it!