čaptíkʷɬ
mythical story, legend
- uɬ aɬíʔ t̓əxʷ čaptíkʷɬ ixíʔ uɬ čunəlx, “way̓ kn̓ waʔsnúxʷ, way̓ kn̓ xixaʔyapəlqs, čaʔkʷ čus iʔ n̓xaʔmxʷčín.” - And because it’s a legend I tell them, “The sun is coming up high on me, I am going to end, as they say in the Columbian language
- kʷliw̓t yaʔ nk̓ʷčwixtn̓ t̓xʷ axáʔ tawn̓, síl̓xʷaʔ tawn̓, uɬ aɬíʔ nax̌m̓ɬ lut t̓a čmistin̓ iʔ skʷstúlaʔxʷs, swit čaptíkʷɬ. - One tribe of people lived there, it was a town, a big town, but I don’t know the name of the place, it’s nothing but a legend.
- way̓ itlíʔ kn̓ n̓c̓əpq̓siw̓sm̓ iʔ t inčaptíkʷɬ - Now I am going to splice my legend