wim̓
to no avail, try (and fail) / try in vain, to no avail
- uɬ way̓ wim̓ čkčahəhm̓stín̓ uɬ lut t̓a čkčahəhmnústn̓. - and so i tried in vain to get them together, i can’t get it right. / and so i’m almost getting them together but i’m not getting it right.
- isəxʷk̓ʷúl̓m̓, isəxʷn̓t̓áqʷm̓, wim̓ čx̌litn̓. - My worker, my plate licker, I coaxed him for nothing/in vain I called him.
- čkm̓km̓ax̌səl̓x, wim̓ sčn̓čq̓laʔxʷmísts, way̓ xʷəstusəl̓x. - They grabbed him by the arms, he tried to squirm around, then they walked off with him
- wi·m̓ sn̓yəʕ̓ʷlsčuts n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ, way̓ uɬ n̓k̓sínaʔməntm̓ sn̓k̓l̓ip - The sea monster tried to control his temper, he didn’t like what Coyote was saying to him / The sea monster tried to control his temper, he didn’t like what Coyote was saying