Title: nsəlxcin / Story: 4. Coyote, Fox's Dog

nse: x̌ʷaˤy̓l̓xʷ
english: fox

nse: sqilxʷ
english: people, person, Indian, Indian language, Indigenous people

nse: n̓k̓n̓k̓píwaʔ
english: crouched over, bend over

nse: c̓aq̓ʷn̓t
english: point at something

nse: ɬəx̌ʷap
english: escape, flee

nse: n̓ʔay̓xʷíw̓sm̓
english: trade, exchange, transact, make a transaction

nse: xʔínaʔ
english: agree, consent

nse: nis
english: leave (one person), be gone, get away, depart

nse: aˤčn̓tím̓
english: tie something

nse: sn̓aˤp
english: tame

nse: ʔay̓xáxaʔ
english: a short time, a while, after a while

nse: c̓x̌iɬ
english: alike, similar, comparison, like

nse: ʔaw̓típn̓t
english: follow somebody or something / something

nse: c̓n̓aˤkstmn̓t
english: to tie something up tight, hold something tight with the hand

nse: k̓ʷixʷn̓t
english: let loose, to free, loosen, untie something

nse: čx̌l̓tikst
english: to call with the hand

nse: x̌ilm̓
english: do like, do as / to do so

nse: tkəčnwixʷ
english: to meet up with each other, get to each other

nse: n̓ɬiptm̓
english: one’s forgetting / to forget something

nse: yaˤt k̓aʔkín̓
english: everywhere

nse: əčxʷuy̓ sn̓k̓lip uɬ wiks x̌ʷaˤy̓l̓xʷ, čn̓k̓n̓k̓píwaʔs.
english: Coyote was going along and he saw Fox, crouched over.

nse: čx̌l̓tikstxtm̓ uɬ sn̓k̓lip t̓iʔ x̌ilm̓.
english: He was motioned to come over, and Coyote did so.

nse: x̌ʷaˤy̓l̓xʷ c̓aq̓ʷs ʔasíl̓ skəkáˤkaʔ c̓aɬʔíɬn̓əl̓x.
english: Fox pointed at two animal-people eating.

nse: anwíʔ kʷ ismal̓x̌aʔɬkəkwápaʔ.
english: You will be my pretend-dog.

nse: uɬ n̓ʔay̓xʷíw̓smn̓tsn̓ t ksc̓iɬn̓tət
english: And I will trade you for our food.

nse: ɬəw̓in̓tsn̓, nínwiʔs kʷ ɬəx̌ʷap.
english: I will leave you, then later you escape.

nse: kʷu əɬa əɬtkəčnwixʷ, miʔ kʷu ʔaɬʔíɬn̓
english: When we meet up again, we will eat

nse: sn̓k̓lip n̓ɬiptm̓s səčkilm̓s x̌ʷaˤy̓l̓xʷ.
english: Coyote forgot he was chasing Fox.

nse: ixíʔ sxʔínaʔs.
english: So he agreed.

nse: x̌ʷaˤy̓l̓xʷ txʷuym̓s iʔ skəkáˤkaʔ sqilxʷ
english: Fox approached the animal-people.

nse: ʔaw̓típn̓tm̓ t sn̓k̓lip c̓x̌iɬ t kəkwápaʔ.
english: He was followed by Coyote like a dog.

nse: x̌ʷaˤy̓l̓xʷ čus iʔ sqilxʷ way̓ t sx̌asts t kəkwápaʔ.
english: Fox told the people how good the dog was.

nse: uɬ n̓ʔay̓xʷíw̓sm̓s t sc̓iɬn̓.
english: And s/he traded them for food.

nse: xʔínaʔsəl̓x iʔ sqilxʷ.
english: The people agreed to it.

nse: x̌ʷaˤy̓l̓xʷ čut, "nínwiʔs ɬə ʔáˤčn̓tíxʷ iʔ kəkwápaʔ...
english: Fox said, later when you tie the dog up...

nse: c̓n̓aˤkstmn̓txʷ.
english: You tie it up tight., You hold it tight.

nse: x̌ʷaˤy̓l̓xʷ nis.
english: Fox left.

nse: uɬ iʔ sqilxʷ ʔáˤčn̓tísəl̓x sn̓k̓lip
english: And the people tied Coyote up

nse: yaˤt k̓aʔkín̓ ɬa čxʷuy̓əl̓x, əčxʷuy̓stsəl̓x sn̓k̓lip.
english: Everywhere they went, they took Coyote.

nse: lut sɬəx̌ʷaps.
english: S/he could not escape.

nse: ʔay̓xáxaʔ, n̓stil̓səl̓x sn̓aˤp iʔ kəkwápaʔsəl̓x.
english: After a while, they thought their dog was tame.

nse: uɬ k̓ʷixʷsəl̓x.
english: And they let him loose.

nse: sn̓k̓lip ɬəx̌ʷap.
english: Coyote escaped.