'et hoowa
'et hoo•wa
ᐧᐈᐪ ᐯᗕ
CONJ
because
Examples
(1)
'Ahoolhyez̲
naboohooltas
'et hoonts'i
'uhudunut'ih
ze
'hut'en,
dai
hinli
'et hoowa.
always
they caught them
although
they steal (
uo
)
only
they do
starvation
they are
because
They were always caught, but they kept stealing because they were hungry.
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(2)
Sdagha
lhai
'et hoowa
na'dunusdzo.
my moustache
it is much
because
I am shaving my face
My moustache is large so I am shaving it.
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(3)
Slegheti
huwhutni
'et
Bella Coola
ts'e
hati.
'Uda
'et
whuzde
sleghe
hutughui
inle.
'Et hoowa
huwhutni.
Grease Trail
they call it [
wh-class
]
there
Bella Coola
to
it goes
long ago
then
from there
grease
they pack
used to
because
they call it [
wh-class
]
What they call the ``Grease Trail'' is the trail to Bella Coola. In the old days they used to pack eulachon oil from there. That's why they call it that.
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Related Words:
Logical Relations
marjoh
samqua
