qʷn̓čin̓

pity, pitiful

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• way̓ sn̓k̓l̓ip, axáʔ qʷn̓čin̓ kʷ sʔiw̓tx, way̓ t̓iʔ ixíʔ k̓im̓ sxiʔmíx axáʔ iʔ c̓q̓iln̓, way̓ ixíʔ axáʔ kʷin̓txʷ, ixíʔ akɬc̓q̓iln̓, uɬ ixíʔ akskʷíst, sn̓k̓lip. - Well, Coyote, this is a pity you got behind, this is the only arrow left, take it, this will be your arrow, and this will be your name, Coyote.
• way̓ t̓xʷ kʷuʔ qʷn̓činmn̓txʷ uɬ áɬiʔ kn̓ stʔiw̓tx, uɬ pútiʔ kn̓ k̓ʷək̓ʷyúmaʔ, kn̓ spsáˤyaʔx. - Well now you pity me since I am the youngest one, and I am too small, I got no sense.
• áɬiʔ qʷn̓čin̓, talíʔ x̌min̓kn̓ isn̓ʔam̓ʔímaʔt, uɬ áɬiʔ asqʷəsqʷasíaʔ uɬ áɬiʔ way̓ əɬxʷuy̓stxʷəl̓x. - It’s a pity thing to say, I like my grandchildren very much, but they are your children and now you will take them.
• huhuy̓, qʷn̓čin̓ anwíʔ kʷ sxəxʔítaʔx, way̓ anwíʔ n̓k̓ʷak̓ʷín̓txʷ stim̓ iʔ akɬx̌mín̓k. - Okay, it’s a pity that you are the oldest, you pick out what you want
• áɬiʔ qʷn̓čin̓ kn̓ səčk̓ʷul̓x, uɬ way̓ kʷ iksƛ̓aʔɬtím̓ iʔ an̓x̌mín̓k. - Therefore it’s a pity I am working, or I’d go after anything you want.
• áɬiʔ way̓ qʷn̓čin̓ kn̓ səčhuy̓x iʔ t sk̓iwl̓x, uɬ áɬiʔ way̓ kn̓ x̌ʷəptwil̓x uɬ ixíʔ kn̓ səčxʔim̓sčútx. - Therefore it’s a pity I am so finished with old age, I can’t do anything any more, I am right to the limit.