sqilxʷ
people, person, Indian, Indian language, Indigenous people
Listen to the elder
- áɬiʔ iʔ sqilxʷ pničíʔ nak̓ʷáʔ t̓iʔ čkmax, ixíʔ n̓k̓ʷčwilxʷtn̓. - At that time the people didn’t stay alone, but in a group.
- haʔ way̓ p sxƛ̓apx iʔ p sqilxʷ aláʔ ? - Are all you people here?
- way̓ tl̓ l̓kʷut p sqilxʷ, lut t̓a čwikɬəmn̓, sič p ɬ ikswíkm̓. - Well you people come from far away, I haven’t seen you before, this is the first time that I see you.
- iʔ sqilxʷ səčʔilxʷtx kaʔ čʔay̓x̌ʷt. - People get hungry when they get tired.
- kn̓ xʷuy̓, úɬiʔ kičən̓, uɬ aɬíʔ sčutx kʷu x̌minks pintk kʷu wiks məɬ t sqilxʷ qəlqʷilstn̓ - I went, and I got there, and he told me he likes that every time he sees me I talk in Indian
- ixíʔ sčusəl̓x ʔáˤpnáʔ ta nw̓yápixčn̓ Rusəpl̓tlík, uɬ áɬiʔ t sqilxʷ N̓x̌ʷn̓tkʷitkʷ, itlíʔ k̓m̓qin̓s. - They call it now in the white man’s language Roosevelt Lake, and in Indian Kettle Falls, that’s the head of the river
- way̓ tl̓ sn̓yal̓mn̓, itlíʔ kn̓ sqilxʷ. - Well from Montana, I am from the people there.