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pich’it, pich’ta’

pich'it, pich'ta' v count Pich'it na' hach'a nim bek'eewa'an. I counted my beads right now. Pich'ta' Kim p'aaya leele'hiyaw. Kim counted the children at school.

‘esteeji’, ‘esteeji’in

'esteeji', 'esteeji'in n bus Huushe' 'ama' 'esteeji'in. He drives a bus.

na’ash₂

na'ash₂ adv can, could (cf. may) Eepal ma' na'ash? Can you swim? Nahni' na' na'ash gosneenol gayiina'an. Maybe I could cook chicken.

huuya’, huuya’an

huuya', huuya'an n caterpillar Balash'an' huuya' t'appashiw. The catterpillar crawled on the leaf. Xatta' Sandy huuya'an. Sandy ate huuya.

jiili’, jiili’in

jiili', jiili'in n chili Mejnit jiili' bohlut. The chili grew a lot. Joe bohooloto' jiili'in. Joe grew chili.

sunut, sunta’

sunut, sunta' v close Sunut 'am shashaa'an. He closed his eyes. Sunta' 'aman teseech'i. They close the door.

yo’ket, yo’keta’

yo'ket, yo'keta' v come back (cf. return) Mi'in yo'keta' 'ama' weelam'. Then he came back with the light.

somit, somto’

somit, somto' v cover Somit bokbokshi waldinan. He covered the hole with a bucket. Somto' bilaasu'un banyun. She covered the plate with a rag.

ch’ayax, ch’ayaxi

ch'ayax, ch'ayaxi n bush (heavy brush, thicket) T'ulunta' ch'ayax. The bush burned down. Chista' na' ch'ayaxi tishamyataw. I cut the bush in the spring.

saxis, saxsi

saxis, saxsi n canal Mejnit k'oteehat saxis. The canal is really big. De'eshit 'aman saxsi. They built the canal.