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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 baby, child
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
wilchwe:n step-relative
xixe:x children, kids
xung'-t'e:n married woman
Dictionary Entry [entry ID #2050] (related entries)
whunchwing (or whunchwin) • my mother • noun [1sg possessor]
• Semantic domain: kinship
Examples from texts
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text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 4 (full story)
two years passed, in the place where my mother lived, and then my poor old grandmother, my poor old uncle, the three of them [including my mother] were living there, and then
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 7 (full story)
"they say she can't live at the house," my mother
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 63 (full story)
she told my mother. after a while she [mother] came in and she said, "what's wrong?"
text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 195 (full story)
sometimes every now and then my mother would come in and tell me
text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 13 (full story)
It was going up through the field, where my mother used to live, and then...
text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 53 (full story)
And then, I started driving it around to where my mother used to live.