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VOCABULARY.
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Utzin, v. To finish, to complete.

Ux, v. To be, to become. See Gram., p. 33.

Uxla, n. The breath; an odor; steam.

Uxlan, v. To rest, to repose, to take breath (from uxla).

Va, part. Here, now.

Va, v. To eat.

Vach, n. Face, visage, front; surface, superficies; brightness, splendor; fruit, products, profits; power, dignity.

Vachih, v. To see with one's own eyes; to have before one's face.

Vae, part. This, this is, here is.

Vapal, n. The lintel of a door, the frame of a window, etc.

Var, v. To sleep.

Vave, adv. Here.

Vay, n. Bread, of any kind.

Vayhal, n. Hunger.

Vi, n. The head.

Vi, part. A correlative and instrumental particle. See Gram., p. 63.

Vik, v. To increase or add something; to ornament, to adorn; to arrange, to set in order by adding to.

Vinak, n. Man, the human species; a people.

Vinak chij, n. Injury or misfortune; a legal term applied to certain torts.

Vuk, adj. Seven.


Xa, part. But, only, etc. An antithetical particle, used in many connections, as xae, xa ꜭa, xa ri ꜭa, va xe re, xa ꜭa, xe re, xa ha, all signify but, next, etc.

Xah, v. To move actively and cheerfully; hence, to dance; of a dog, to wag his tail.

Xahab, n. Sandals, shoes, moccasins.

Xahan, n. Prohibition, abstention.

Xahaneh, v. To abstain from, to refrain.

Xahpota ꜭhiꜭh, n. Body armor. ("Malla ô peto." Varea).

Xak, n. 1. Leaf. 2. Dye, color, tint. See p. 204.

Xambey, n. One who follows another.

Xambeyah, v. To do something later than another, to follow, to come after.

Xane, v. To strip, to uncover.

Xaquere, adv. But thus; see Xa.