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'iłde sisters to one another
'ut-t'e:n married man
k'iłchwe she gives birth
k'its'e:y the youngest child in a family
mije'e:din
mije'e:din-xwa:-na:'uste' she had a baby for him
no:na'xoniłte:n he divorced her, she divorced him
no:na:wh-tehsyay bride
wha'ut my wife
wha:dichwing my paternal aunt, father's sister
wha:sch'e' my sister's daughter
wha:t my older sister
wha:wh my sister's son
which'ich'inay' my (woman's) sister's husband, after the death of my sister; my husband's brother, after the death of my husband; my (man's) brother's sister, after the death of my brother; my wife's sister, after the death of my wife
which'in my paternal grandmother, father's mother
which'indine' my deceased father
which'iyungxe' my deceased mother
whichwiwe my maternal grandfather, mother's father
whichwo my maternal grandmother, mother's mother
whidehch my younger sister
whik'isdiyun' my parent, parents
whikil my younger brother
whikya:y my (woman's) daughter's child
whiłing my companion, buddy, cousin, relative
whił-qa:l my in-law
whiłtishch'e' my (man's) sister
whima' my paternal grandfather, father's father
whima:lyo' my friend, relative, kinsman
whime:'ch'e'chwing my mother-in-law
whingwoch my older brother
whinq'a'y' my maternal aunt, mother's sister
whiq'e:y my brother-in-law
whis' my mother's brother
whita' my father
whita:y my father's brother
white:dilt'e' my brother's child (son or daughter), my niece, my nephew
whitse:' my (man's) daughter
whitso:y my (man's) daughter's child
whiwe my sister-in-law (woman speaking)
whiwe:ch'e' my sister-in-law (man speaking)
whiwhunch'e' my father-in-law
whiwhxiy' my baby boy, son
whiwunda:n my son-in-law
whixung' my husband
whiya:ch'e' my (woman's) daughter
whiyawh'ut my daughter-in-law
whiyul my son's child
whunchwing my mother
wilchwe:n step-relative
xixe:x children, kids
xung'-t'e:n married woman
Dictionary Entry [entry ID #164] (related entries)
mije'e:din • baby, child • compound noun • Semantic domain: kinship
Note: probably from mije:y'-'e:din 'its mind-is lacking'
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text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 2 (full story)
she got the job, there she worked, I know (from her telling) she was watching after a child.
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: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 4 (full story)
she packs the child around, and then a Chinaman is the cook
text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 6 (full story)
then there was a small table they sat at, she would feed the child, they would eat
text: The first ones, line 48 (full story)
Children too (in addition to old people), then they started transporting them across.
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 233 (full story)
then, so all the kids were sitting up (on the bus), that go to school together
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 252 (full story)
some of them talked to me nice, those kids
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 363 (full story)
"you have killed what was going to be a baby"
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 364 (full story)
it seemed like more than six months (in the womb), that baby ...
text: Creation of animals, line 70 (full story)
all those wild animals running around, they have young ones
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