wewš

wewš • NS • slightly, almost

Examples

• ʔípeš wéwši • It's slightly spoiled
• t'é:liwhu ʔilkáykayiʔ wéwši šáwlamhu dúlel héši šék • The man is a little bit taller than the girl.
• t'é:liwhu ʔilkáykayiʔ wéwši šáwlamhu dúlel héši • The man is a little bit taller than the girl.
• ʔiltétebiʔ wéwši mé:hu delkáykayiʔ lélew • She's a little fat next to the tall boy.
• lák'aʔ tóšap gumbeyéc'ɨgiʔ wéwšaš lák'aʔ gumbeyéc'ɨgiʔi • One sack is almost closed, one is closed
• wí:diʔ behéziŋaš lák'aʔ wí:diʔ t'í:yeliʔ wéwši • This one is small, that one is a little bit big
• t'í:yeliʔ wéwši wí:diʔ behéziŋa • This one is a bit bigger than the small one
• wí:diʔ ʔí:yel wéwši behéziŋ lélew • This one is a little big bitter than the small one
• t'í:yeliʔ wéwɨš yá:k'aʔ • sort of big pinecone
• wí:diʔ hésgeʔ dayá:k'aʔ beziyéziŋi t'í:yeliʔ wéwɨš lélew • These two pinecones are smaller than the sort of big one
• wí:diʔ dewdíʔiš yá:k'aʔ wí:diʔ t'í:yeliʔ šémuyé:s lák'aʔ deltétebiʔ wéwɨš • This pinecone, this one is not very tall, this one is sort of fat.
• lák'aʔ behéziŋ ʔilkáykayiʔ wéwši • That small one is a little bit big
• delélegiʔ wéwɨš • sort of red / almost red
• delšómšomiʔ wéwɨš • sort of dark
• delt'ót'ošiʔ wéwɨš • sort of brown
• wí:di ʔilk'únk'uniʔaš wí:di ʔilk'únk'uniʔ wéwši • This one is more bent than that one. / This one is bent, that one is a little bit bent
• ʔilší:šibiʔ wéwši • It's almost straight
• wí:di ʔilk'únk'uniʔaš wí:di ʔilší:šibiʔ wéwši • This one is more bent than that one / This one is bent, that one is almost straight
• géwe wát'a lélew yáliʔi tulí:šiʔ t'é:weʔ wéwɨš yáliʔaš • The coyote is standing closer to the river than the wolf is.
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ wéwiš k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'áʔaš • The man is taller than the woman
• wayák'aš wéwši • It's a little warm
• ʔilkáykayiʔ wéwši • he's a little tall
• ʔilk'únk'uniʔ wéwši • It's a little crooked
• hálaŋa yáha wéwši • It still hurts a little bit
• ʔilší:šibiʔ wéwši • It's a little straight
• muʔáŋiʔ wéwši • It tastes a little good
• yák'aš wéwši • It's a little warm
• delkáykayiʔ wéwɨš • slightly tall
• mí:p'ɨl wéwši • It's almost full
• delší:šibiʔ wéwɨš • almost straight
• demuʔálŋiʔ wéwɨš • It tastes slightly good
• pélew diyót'ɨgwewši • I partially killed the rabbit
• démlu didópošwéwɨšhayi • I partially burned the food
• rí:no halíŋa wéwɨš léyeweʔayʔgi • It took a long time to get to Reno
• ʔáʔaš wéwšudi lémeʔi • It cools down a bit, then I drink it