ʔay̓xáxaʔ
a short time, a while, after a while
Listen to the elder
- čm̓ ʔay̓xáxaʔ tl̓ aksx̌ʷáq̓ʷl̓qsm̓ miʔ čk̓ɬnixlmn̓txʷ iʔ pəptw̓ínaxʷ. - A little while after you start snoring you’ll hear the old lady.
- ʔay̓xáxaʔ tl̓ sqaqsəsts. - It was a little after dark.
- nínwiʔ ʔay̓xáxaʔ ksaʔxíc̓aʔ miʔ ksiw̓stm̓stn̓, mɬ ʔam̓tín̓ t lawán̓. - In a little while when he cools off I will water him, and I’ll feed him some oats.
- ʔay̓xáxaʔ čnw̓is. - Time went by, the sun was high. After a while the sun was up high.