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leele’hiy’, leele’hiya₁

leele'hiy', leele'hiya₁ n school (cf. book) Mich k'oti' leele'hiy'. The school is very big. Di'ishta' 'aman gew leele'hiya. They built a school there.

hooyet, hooyeta’

hooyet, hooyeta' v send Gadnew na' hooyet nim t'eewisha. I'm sending my cooking basket to Picayune. No'om nim da' mam hooyeta' xataashi. My mother sent you some food.

kuy’ulut, kuy’uluta’

kuy'ulut, kuy'uluta' v salt something Kuy'ulut lopso. She just salted the fish. Kuy'uluta' 'am k'ayaxti. He put salt on his salmon.

dehel’, deheela

dehel', deheela n scissors Chishe' na' mi'in bobbila deheelan. I will cut the paper with scissors. (sem. domains: 6.6.1 - Working with cloth, 5.4.3.5 - Cut hair, 6.7.1 - Cutting tool.)

nomch’in, nomch’ina

nomch'in, nomch'ina n seven Woodoy'an' nomch'in mokeet'a'. Seven girls are dancing. Shutto' na' nomch'ina bek'eewa'an xaaluw. I added seven beads into the bowl. (sem. domains: 8.1.1.2 - Ordinal numbers, 8.1.1.1 - Cardinal numbers.)

humnul, humnula

humnul, humnula n quail Galjin humnul' meejin'an' hoyeenexon'. Lots of quails are flying around. Humnula na' xate'. I eat quails.

gaabinich’, gaabinch’i

gaabinich', gaabinch'i n receptionist Yalge' gaabinich' dik'in lameesa'an. The receptionists stand behin the tables. Benetga gaabinch'i gew! Ask a receptionist over there!

ch’emyaw

ch'emyaw n ridge Ch'emyaw galjin 'eelaw' bohlo' dullaw. Many flowers grow on the ridge in the mountain. Ta'ishhil na' lagyiw k'oti'in soopuli ch'emyaw. Yesterday I saw thick ice on the ridge.

shapaaship, shapaashipa

shapaaship, shapaashipa n root (black) Ohom' da' shapaaship bohlo' hew. Black roots do not grow here. Wayta' na' shapaashipa. I gathered black roots.

yanaanat, yanaanata’

yanaanat, yanaanata' v quiet Teeyish mejnit yananat. The chief is very quiet. Yanaanata' hidya'. Everybody got quiet.