yets [yets]
1. transitive verb. chop
file://snds/y/yets-dl-hb-03.mp3 Sm sa̱g̱m t'u'utsk dm hoyn dziłam yedza k'si ła'ask. You will use a very sharp knife when you chop fresh seaweed.
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2. transitive verb. club; pound
file://snds/y/yets-dl-hb-03.mp3 Da lat yetst. Then they pounded it.
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3. intransitive verb.
Ła ludaba g̱anłaaga yets'a melsgm t'u'utsk as Norman All morning the phone was ringing for Norman.
Aka yets'ał melsgmt'u'utsk. The phone never rang.

Related entries: ha'liyets ła'ask  seaweed chopping block | hayets 'nooł  drumstick | Stem with modifying proclitic k'a̱lisyets  spank/club (pl.) | ksi yets  chop out/hollow out | łm'yets  bundle up/tie up | ma̱xła̱yets  club on the head | stayetsa  beam | tguyets  shivaree | xłmyets  tie around/tie in the middle | Derivative yetsk  pound | Idiom yets ła'at  ball | Dialectal Variant yets'   | Derivative yets'isk  land animal

Bibliographic sources: Dunn, Practical Dictionary entry: 2235. | Source: Draft Dictionary entry. Draft Dictionary entry.