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kuttap— ravine, canyon, creek
kuttap 'ehaa— creek
kuttap 'ehaach— creek
kuttap kway'kuu— big canyon
kuttap nyip maa 'iipay nyewaaypya— You go to that canyon, people live there
kuuchutt— boss, leader, ruler, chief, policeman, commander
Kuuwak— Kuuwak, clan name
kuwaay nyahemak— inside and outside
kuwaayk— inside, under
kwa'han— the truth, good one, real one, right one
kwa'hanche— It's the truth
kwa'nan— that is crowded
kwa'tay— brave; that is big
kway'kuu— that is big, holy
kway'maap— repeating
Kwechaam— Kwechaam, clan name
kwenykuuy— old woman
kuttap yiir— edge, side of the canyon
kuttapm— to the canyon
kweyump— one who is married
kwenykuuy kwa'han— a good old woman
llehup— hole; shallow
lyask— light in weight
maa— you (object)
maach kaam— You go!
maach— you (subject)
maapvech— who?
Maay 'Ehaa— God, High Water, Water Above, the sky
maay— where; which one?
Maayehaach uuchuttm— God commanded and...
Maay 'Ehaavech— God (subject)
maayp— you speak, talk
maayphllya— Do you speak? Want to talk?
marwaych miivecha— The others, what do you think?
mat 'ehellyepach— I hope
mat 'ehllyepach— I hope
mat 'ehllypach ta'waa 'ekwiyhvu— I'm hoping it'll rain
mat 'ehllypach— I hope
mat hwatt— clay, red earth
mat nyawh 'emaay 'ehaa— the earth and the sky
Matahwaay— Mataguay
matetay— mountain
matt— or
ma'yum— when?
meheyayp— fierce, frightening; great, important; excellent, does it well; dangerous
mekunyeway— you who are here
mekunymiih— you will harm it; it will harm you
mellyaa— your cousin
mellysaay— sand
mentuu-urpa matt umaaw— Do you understand or not? Do you know it or not?
mentuu-urp— you guys know, understand, learn
menyaawap mekunyeway— you guys who are here
menyaawap— you guys (object)
menyaawapch mentuu-urp matt umaaw— Do you guys understand/know or not?
menyaawup temenyewaya— Are you guys here? You guys here
Merriikaan— white man, English language, American
matt maaw— or not?
metenyaally 'aah— I'll go tomorrow
metenyaally— tomorrow
methiikwir— whirlwind, dust devil, tornado
mewall— limp, weak, paralyzed, crippled
'eyaachih— my heart
meyaachih— your heart
meyallyvu— the tortilla, bread
meyay wellichh umaaw— Don't feel bad; You're not sad
meyay welliich 'oo 'eyay wellich— You guys are sad or I am sad
meyay welliich— You guys are sad
meyay— your heart, your feelings
meyewip temwaya, 'uuchuch 'aayp 'ehana— Are you guys listening, is the stuff I'm saying good?
meyewip temwaya— Are you guys listening?
meyiiw— your eyes, face
meyiiwch warwiches— your eyes want to see it
meyiiwiches— it's just your eyes, you're seeing things
mill kway'kuu— big field
millychish nekemich pa'nam— white men are arriving
millychish nekemich tuuyaq— white men have arrived
millychish paa tewam— the white man arrived
millychish paa tewamches— the white man arrived
millychish— white man, non-Indian person
muma— You see? Did you see it?
mu'yuuch 'eneyiwa— How did we come?
mu'yuuch— How did...?
mu'yuuch neyiwa— How did they come?
mu'yuuhvu— why, how
mu'yuum ta'nam nyepily pii 'nyewayvu— why we are here now
mu'yuum ta'nam— Why are we here?
mu'yuum— Why...?
nekemich pa'nam— they are arriving, have arrived
nekemich tuuyaq— they have arrived
nekemich— they get there, arrive
neyiwa— Did they come?
nur— knows, understands, learns
nurs— He knows.
nyaakiny— Give it to me!
nyaamat 'aaknachvu— all storytelling
nyaamat— all, all of them, every, everything, everyone
nyachepay— I believe you; He believes me
nyih 'enurh umaaw— I don't know
nyekaata'— take me
nyechayk— on top of, over it, above it
nyepily 'aaches— I just went
nyepily— now, just now
nyeway— deep; are located
nyim neyiwa— Did they come that way?
nyim neyiwa, mu'yuuch neyiwa— they came that way, how they came
nyip kuuyumph kaamuwche— she is unmarried
nyip kwettap 'ehaach yaq— there's water in that canyon; that's a creek
nyip kwettap nyechewaypche 'iipay— people live in that canyon
nyip kwettapu— that canyon
nyip kweyump kaamuw— she is unmarried
nyip nyachepay— that I believe you; he believes me
nyip kuuyumpches— she's married
nyip— that, that one there
nyipa— that, that one there
nyipaches— that's all, that's it, the end, amen
nyipch— he, she, it (subject)
nyipch Maay 'Ehaavech mekunymiih— God will harm you
nyipch peyaach nurch ewaaches nyaamat 'aaknachvu— This person knows all storytelling
nyipch 'uuchuch 'aaknapch nur— He knows storytelling; he is a storyteller
nyipch uuchutt— He commanded
nyipi— there
nyuk 'aach— I already went
nyuk 'aache— I already went
nyuk 'ehemayh umaaw— I haven't looked for it/found it yet
nyuk— already
'oo 'iiwaarm 'aah— Or later I will go
'oo nyepily 'aa— Or I went just now
paa Penyaay— this Mexican; this person is Mexican
paachuuy— her husband
paasiny— his wife
paataat— father
paataly— mother
pa'nam— there they are, around
panekaly— maternal grandmother, mother's mother
panekwaaw— maternal grandfather, mother's father
panekwaay— uncle: mother's brother
panemaaw— paternal grandmother, father's mother
panepaaw— paternal grandfather, father's father
panepii— aunt; mother's younger sister
pa'waa— there he is, sitting
pa'waaches— there he is, sitting
pa'yiw— there he comes
pa'yiwches— Here he comes
pechaay— his daughter
pechkullk— wolf
pehemaa— root, sinew, tendon
pehwimp— lost; spoiled, sour (e.g. milk)
pekwall— red-tailed hawk
pekwilly pa'aaches— there he goes passing by
pekwilly— passes by, passes through, goes by, elapses
Penyaay Aavu maayphllya— Do you speak Spanish? Can you speak Spanish?
Penyaay 'ehmiiy— a lot of Mexicans, Mexicans are many
Penyaay— Mexican
Penyaay pekwilly pa'aache— A Mexican is going by
peyaa 'oo peyap— this or these
peyaa— this
peyap 'Espaanyool— These are Spanish people
peyap kunyeway peyap— these that are there, these
peyap— these
peyapch— those (subject), they
peyii— here
peyii nyipi 'eyuki— here, there, way over there
pii kepnak meyewiph— Sit here and listen!
pily kupilly— today
puum kwettapm— to there, to the canyon
puy 'ehaavi— there at the water
puy 'emillvi— there at the field
puy hemill hmiiy— There are a lot of bushes there
saay— dry, thirsty
semay 'ehmiiy— a lot of grass
semay— grass, hay, plants
sepir— strong
shumeshum— narrow
shuukuull apesiiwches— it is very cloudy, there are thick storm clouds
shuukuull— it's getting cloudy, there are storm clouds, thunderclouds
shuukuull pa'yiwches— it's getting cloudy, storm clouds are coming
shuukuullch apesiiw— it's very cloudy, there are thick storm clouds
shuukuullch apesiiwya— it's very cloudy, there are thick storm clouds
shuulluw shuulukch apesiiw— There is a lot of thunder and lightning
shuulluw— thunder, there is thunder, it thunders
shuuluk— lightning, electricity; there is lightning
shuulukch apesiiw— there is a lot of lightning
shuupitt— shuts, closes, locks
siiny 'ehmiiy— a lot of women, women are many
siiny— women
siiyiit— chair
siny 'ehink— one woman
penak— they sit
ta'nam— we are …-ing while around
tehellyepach— hopes
Temiishaa Kway'kuu— The Great Spirit, Holy Spirit
temiishaa— shadow, shade; spirit, apparition
temputtk apesiiw— It's very cloudy
temputtk apsiiwches— it's very cloudy
temputtk— it is cloudy, overcast
temur— full
tenaay 'aa— I went yesterday
tenaay 'aache— I went yesterday
tenaay 'ehemay— I looked for it yesterday
tenaay 'ehemaym umaaw— I looked for it yesterday and didn't find it

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