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p’aak’il, p’aak’ila

p'aak'il, p'aak'ila n flea Balashnit p'aak'il 'am dadaach'i. The flea crawled up his foot. Somto' 'ama' banyun p'aak'ila. He covered the flea with a rag.

hadbanay, hadbanya

hadbanay, hadbanya n four Hi' da' hadbanay' bilaasu'. Here are four plates. Wanga nan hadbanya aabula! Give me four apples! (sem. domains: 3.5.5.1 - Obscenity, 8.1.1.1 - Cardinal numbers, 8.1 - Quantity, 8.1.1.3 - Number of times, 8.1.1 - Number.)

bemeemat, bemeemata’

bemeemat, bemeemata' v full (to become) Bemeemat xo'. The house was getting full. Taa wasu' bemeemata'. That glass was full.

lak’wunut, lak’wunta’

lak'wunut, lak'wunta' v get off Yet' simiiya' lak'wunut 'ilk'aw. One seed fell in the water. Lak'wunta' na' sheleelaw. I got off the rock.

galbiyit, galbiyta’

galbiyit, galbiyta' v give up, 1 (= have a hard time) Galbiyit na'. I give up. Galbiyta' cheexa' yawaalich' gaadu'un. The dog gave up chasing the cat.

ch’adbit, ch’adibta’

ch'adbit, ch'adibta' v flip (over) Ch'adbit na' nim p'onosha. I flipped over my hand. Ch'adibta' 'am hoona. She flipped over her egg.

hadbil’

hadbil' adj fourth (sem. domains: 8.1.1.6 - Fraction, 8.1.1.2 - Ordinal numbers, 8.1.1 - Number.)

‘aleeja’, ‘aleeja’an

'aleeja', 'aleeja'an adj funny (cf. crazy) Lihimta' 'aleeja' noono'. The crazy man ran. Ta'shit na' 'aleeja'an noono'on. I saw the crazy man.

‘ishet, ‘isheta’

'ishet, 'isheta' v get out of the way (cf. move over) Ishet na'. I moved out of the way. Isheta', mi'in widinta'. He moved out of the way and fell.

wasu’, wasu’un

wasu', wasu'un n glass (to drink from) Taa wasu' bemeemat. That glass was full. Yugushta' galjina wasu'un. He washed many glasses.