n̓qil̓t

get over falls, make it upstream

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• n̓k̓wil̓x uɬ axáʔ mat tl̓ ƛ̓iy̓s uɬ k̓aʔx̌íʔ n̓qil̓t k̓l̓ st̓il̓tx iʔ čwix. - He went upstream, maybe in a bark canoe, and he got over some falls at the Kootenai River.
• way̓ ixíʔ sn̓k̓awil̓xs, xʷuy̓, uɬ n̓qil̓t Sx̌ʷnitkʷ, k̓l̓ n̓ʔiƛ̓l̓tk. - Then s/he started swimming up the river, s/he went, and s/he went above Kettle Falls, up north.