kʷu 2, kʷuʔ
first person singular transitive object pronoun. NUMBER IS DISAMBIGUATED AS FOLLOWS: SINGULAR IN (A) NON-INDEFINITE TRANSITIVE AND UNREALIZED FORMS (THE LATTER WITH POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS); AND (b) PLURAL IN INDEFINITE FORMS. me, us
- uɬ sčʔkinx, taʔlíʔ kʷu l̓əx̌tiw̓s, úɬiʔ kʷu aksx̌ʷíləm? - And what’s the matter, we are real partners, and then you’re going to throw me away?
- kʷu n̓qʷən̓min̓t, way̓ lut nax̌əmɬ kʷu akskɬəc̓qínm̓, way̓ čm̓ kʷu n̓t̓kʷusəntxʷ - Have pity on me, don’t whip me on the head, you might blind me
- kʷu n̓sáˤyčəntxʷ - You interrupt me
- limləmtx, kʷu akskʷúkʷm̓ - Thank you, you are doing a great deal for me
- ixíʔ mɬ kʷuʔ čn̓kl̓xusn̓txʷ, mɬ lut aksƛ̓aʔƛ̓ʔúsm̓. - And then put your arms around me, and don’t look around.
- kʷu ʔamaʔsənsp̓íliʔsəntm̓ iʔ kʷu əɬčkʷulstm̓. Hə - threatened to club us he sent us back
- way̓ kʷu čmaʔčínəms sn̓k̓l̓ip - Coyote is bothering us. (PS) this form is grammatically singular. unambiguously plural. see kʷu cmaʔcínməntəm / Coyote bothers us
- way̓ staʔ kʷu čxarkstm̓stm̓ - He’s making us lose time