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up with aconite and used for shooting bears and other animals.

Wosa, ウォサ, 機織ニ用ユル道具. n, An instrument consisting of three bars used in weaving cloth.
Wose, ウォセ, 吠へル. v.i. To howl, as a dog or wolf.

Wose-kamui, ウォセカムイ, エゾヤマイヌメ. n. A wolf. Canis familiaris, (Yessoana). A word sometimes applied to howling dogs. Syn: Horokeu.
Woya, ウォヤ, 違フ, 別ナル adj. Different. Syn: Aja. Woya.




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Ya, ヤ, 此語ハ言語ノ終リニ在ルトキハ問ヒトナリ問ニ答ヘテ言フトキハ肯定ノ意ヲ表ス委ハ嘆發音ノ如何ニ在リ例セバ, オマンヤ, 彼ハ往キシヤ, オマンヤ, 使ハ行キタリ. part. This particle is often used at the end of a sentence to express interrogation; but when used after an answer to a question it becomes an affirmative particle, the difference in meaning being indicated by the tone of voice. Thus:— oman ya ? "has he gone," Oman ya, "he has gone."
Ya, ヤ, 何方. 執レ. post. Whether. Or.

Ya………ya, ヤ………ヤ, 何方カ. 例セバ, タンベネヤ, ネイアムベヤ, ヌヤン. 此レカ夫レカ何方カ尋ネヨ. post. Whether………or. As:—Tambe ne ya, nei ambe ne ya? nu yan, "ask whether it is this or that." Anukarape hene ya-wendarap hene ya, ku eramushkari, "I do not know whether it was a thing seen (vision) or a dream."

Ya, ヤ, 網. n. A net. As:—Ya amba, "the floats attached to a fish net." Ya shittu, "the meshes of a net." Ya oshke, "to net." Ya tambushi, "to mend a net." Ya ereba, "to set a net in the sea." Ya turuba, to set a net from the seashore.
Ya, ヤ, 陸. (海ニ對シテ云フ) 例セバ, ヤペカエクア, レプペカエクア. 汝ハ陸ヨリ来リシカ又海ヨリセシカ n. Land, (as opposed to sea). A high rock. As:—Ya peka ek a, rep peka ek a? "did you come by land or sea?" Ya sosh, "strata or layers of earth."
Yachi, ヤチ, 沼澤. n. A swamp. Syn: Opuruse-i.
Yachi-an, ヤチアン, 泥ノ, 谷地カ, リ. adj. Muddy. Swampy.
Yai, ヤイ, 自己, 此語ハ獨立シテ用キラル, コトナシ, 例セバ, ヤイライゲ (自殺スル). reflex. pro. Self. This word is only used as a compound. As: —Yai-raige, "to kill one's self."; "to commit suicide."