=tkʷ, =atkʷ, =itkʷ
water
- n̓c̓w̓qitkʷn̓. - I extracted it from the water. / I pulled it out of the water.
- kn̓ čənq̓ʷaʔítkʷm̓ - I wash clothes
- čn̓maˤʔítkʷ. - It fell in the water.
n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ
water spirit, whale, sea monster
- axáʔ q̓mn̓tim̓ iʔ t n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ. - This one was swalllow by the whale.
- ixíʔ nak̓ʷm̓ n̓ʔəɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓ ixíʔ n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ - That’s indeed a people-eater, that sea monster.
čkɬmaˤʔítkʷ
log floating in the water / long object lays on the water, stays on top of the water
- kn̓ čənməlk̓ʷqin̓ axáʔ iʔ kn̓ kɬqaqəlwəlp̓, ixíʔ məɬ kn̓ čkɬmaʕítkʷ, uɬ ixíʔ akɬənxʷúytn̓ - I will be a whole piece of driftwood, and I will stay on top of the water, and that will by your means of travel
n̓maˤʔítkʷ
a log in the water / fall in the water
- čn̓maˤʔítkʷ. - It fell in the water.
- n̓maˤʔítkʷ, ilíʔ čn̓ml̓k̓ʷqin̓ čkɬmaˤʔítkʷ. - It fell in the water, the whole tree is in the water
- ixíʔ uɬ mat n̓tl̓kʷip uɬ n̓maˤʔítkʷ. - And then it might have come up from the ground, and it fell in the water.