čknaqs

be alone

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• t̓iʔ kn̓ čknaqs. - I’m alone.
• knánaqs knanáqs - He’s alone, single
• t̓iʔ kn̓ knánaqs miʔ kn̓ əɬxʷuy̓. - I alone will go back.
• t̓iʔ anwíʔ kʷ knánaqs miʔ kʷ xʷuy̓ k̓ asn̓qsílxʷ. - You by yourself go to your people.
• kʷu knánaqs - We are each by himself., It is each one of us.
• way̓ knánaqs q̓ʷyaˤs, k̓im̓ l̓ čitxʷs. - So black face was all alone, the only one at his house., The Black Face was all alone, it was just him at his house.
• mat sn̓k̓w̓pil̓sx uɬ áɬiʔ swit t̓iʔ knánaqs. - Maybe s/he got lonesome, because s/he’s all alone.
• ixíʔ nínwiʔ ɬə t̓l̓xwil̓x iʔ tl̓ sqilxʷ, lut kmix ksknánaqs iʔ sk̓ʷək̓ʷiy̓ml̓t laʔkín̓ mɬ čn̓ʔasəsíl̓. - When the next generation of people will come, there won’t be only single children born, there will also be twins.