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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)
mije'e:din-tah hayahujid na:ya'xosxe'
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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