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xwe’í:lsthoxw…

Illustration for xwe'í:lsthoxw... - visited us

Xwe’í:lsthóxw… is a partial phrase, meaning ‘….visited us’, or ‘…brought (it) to us’.



Audio: Elizabeth Herrling


This phrase has the following structure:

Illustration showing structure for xwe'í:lsthoxw - visited us

The base word here is xwe’í:lstexw (to bring it, or to visit). Elders always drop the last part of the word (the –exw part) before the –óxw (us).

Note: Instead of a th, many Elders would say t, i.e.they would say this partial sentence as xwe’í:lstóxw


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