Dictionary Entry [entry ID #526] (related entries)
me:da'ay-ne:s • Chinese person [literally, its head (i.e. hair)-is long] • compound noun • Semantic domain: people
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- me:da'ay-ne:s
long hair; Chinese person (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- whe:da'ay ne:s
I have long hair; I am Chinese (spoken by Verdena Parker)
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she packs the child around, and then a Chinaman is the cook
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
she realizes that the Chinese man sucks up water with his mouth
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