čwix
creek, river, dwell, dwelling, residence, reside
- xʷuy̓ sn̓k̓l̓ip, n̓k̓wilx, uɬ axáʔ mət təl̓ ƛ̓ʔiʔs, uɬ k̓a ʔx̌iʔ n̓qil̓t k̓əl̓ st̓iltx iʔ čwix - Coyote went, he went upstream, maybe in a bark canoe, and he got over some falls at the Kootenai river
- way̓ ik̓líʔ kiʔ čwix - He lives over there
- čwixəl̓x. - They lived there.
- čwixəl̓x axáʔ yaʔ y̓lmixʷm̓, way̓ áɬíʔ in̓čaptíkʷɬ uɬ way̓ kɬy̓lmixʷm̓ km̓ sn̓k̓l̓ip. - There once lived a king, my fairy tales always have a chief or Coyote
- l̓ ən̓q̓aʔq̓ʔíw̓s ilíʔ kiʔ čwix iʔ sxʷul̓ɬxʷ. - In the center there was a tipi.
- way̓ qʷamqʷəmt iʔ čitxʷ əčwix, sílxʷaʔ iʔ čitxʷ - A beautiful house was there, a big house