we'n | sky |
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we'n hushurreni'milh | mole | literally “the one who holds up the sky” |
rrak shou'r
| west, downriver
| literally "toward the ocean"
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Rrak Shou’r Lhugilh
| Southwest-Young-Man, a.k.a He-who-goes-down-west
| a hero who appears in many traditional stories
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bouduroush
| Indian “potato” (Brodiaea root)
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we's | hand(s) |
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(hou)we'sanu'l | his/her hand(s) |
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daqh | s/he lives, resides, dwells, is at [a place], is home |
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twulh | s/he/it falls |
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da'lilh | s/he speaks |
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louwilh
| s/he comes
| pronounced houwilh alone, louwilh after certain words
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klhamilh
| s/he sees
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noulunuvilh
| s/he picks it up with her/his hands
| pronounced rroulunuvilh alone, noulunuvilh after certain words
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voudi'wuluvilh
| s/he enjoys eating it
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yililh | s/he says | pronounced hililh alone, yililh after certain words |
ji | that's where
| sounds like the English word "gee" |
qi | upon arrival
| sounds like "gwee" or "kwee" |
hou | when | sounds like "who" |
hi
| then
| sounds like "hee" |
shou
| I wish
| sounds like "shoe" or "shoo" |
ga | s/he/it does not... | sounds like "gah" or "kah" |
juwa (jouwa)
| that's when
| sounds like "juh-wah" or "joo-wah" |
gas | then, at that time | sounds like "goss" or "koss", NOT like the English word "gas" |
gish | in vain | sounds like "geesh" or "quiche" (with a "hard" g or k sound) |
shaw | sideways | rhymes with "cow", NOT "law" (sounds like the first syllable of "shower") |