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# backward, backwards
# backward, backwards
#: {{ux|qsc||}}
#: {{ux|qsc|Xen je āhañ'jen' '''ñéiej''' ā ā yeriá erain?|Why do aba abas sometimes swim '''backwards'''?}}


===Usage notes===
===Usage notes===

Latest revision as of 11:43, 21 December 2024

Soc'ul'

Etymology

From Sekhulla ŋəːiəh, from Wascotl onhē-i ęs.

Pronunciation

  • (Soc'ul') IPA(key): [ŋəː˧jə˥x]

Verb

ñéiej ᴀᴄᴄ

  1. to return, to come back, to go back
    Ih cozeuax juj al'a, āhsecr'u secsuiad suiad jál xuaylac āhréūj āhsecñéiej xauc je: cum'ayjí.
    If you ask for the broad time, I will very slowly walk across this platform making measurements and I will come back to say this: it is cloudy.
  2. to move back, to step back, to retreat
    Cual cual corñéiej āl xenuz, t'úc'á t'úc'á.
    Please get out of my face, your breath is bad.

Adverb

ñéiej

  1. backward, backwards
    Xen je āhañ'jen' ñéiej ā ā yeriá erain?
    Why do aba abas sometimes swim backwards?

Usage notes

When used in the "retreat" sense, generally followed by xenuz

Synonyms

(again) ej

Derived terms