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'a:dich'owhte I am bashful
'e:wa:k-whonde:ne have pity on me!
'iwhdin I'm content, I like it where I am
'iwhyo' I like it
ch'ine:lgit he became afraid
dime:n-nay'ay it (child) is hard to please, fussy
k'iwhliwh I am jealous
me:diwhdin I want it, crave it, want to have or do it
me:niwhgit
me:so:yse'n I wanted to do it
me:sowhsin I want to do it, I'm really interested in doing it
nikyah-nich'o:ne he has respect for you
niwhdin I'm in love with you
niwhgit I'm afraid, I fear, I'm a coward
wha:'uło' I laugh
whije:'sil-ch'itehs'a:n he got on my nerves, he began to bug me
whije:'-tilts'it I get scared, surprised, taken unawares
whikyulah-'a:k'idyah I got angry, mad
wung-xoje'-ch'o:nda' he has pity, pities someone
xoning'-łintehłdow he frowned
Dictionary Entry [entry ID #4213] (related entries)
me:niwhgit (or me:whgit) • I'm afraid of it, I fear it • verb (theme: P-e:=ni-(s)-l-git) [imperfective, 1sg subject, inanimate oblique]
• Semantic domain: emotions
- whe'nilgit he is afraid of me [imperfective, animate subject, 1sg oblique]
- me:ne:sgit I became afraid of it [perfective, 1sg subject, inanimate oblique]
- do:-xwe:niwilgidi-heh don't be afraid of him! [imperative, animate oblique]
- do:-me:niwilgidi-heh don't be afraid of it! [imperative, inanimate oblique]
Examples from texts
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text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 15 (full story)
the sound became scary to her (came to be in a scary way to her)
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 23 (full story)
and then they took me and filled out papers, and then I was afraid of ...
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 337 (full story)
and then I was afraid of him, so I never said anything
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 340 (full story)
I didn't tell them, I really felt afraid of him
text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 5 (full story)
"No," I always say, "as for me, I'm afraid of that kind of thing."
text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 32 (full story)
Then I first thought, "Ah, I'm scared of it!"
text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 33 (full story)
"Don't be afraid of it," he said, "you sit up here."