kʷaʔ
interjection, apparently
- kʷaʔ ilíʔ kʷu čtkʷƛ̓qn̓čut. - Well there we made a narrow escape.
- way̓ kʷu əɬ k̓əɬʔəysaqsm̓, áˤc̓ən̓t, kʷaʔ patáq uɬ áˤpnáʔ səsp̓qin̓ - We will change grub, look, we’ve had potatoes, now let’s have wheat
- čun̓tm̓, “kʷaʔ n̓ʔuɬxʷəxʷ.” - He told him, “Go on in.”
- lut t̓ə ksənpəlliw̓s, aɬíʔ kʷaʔ n̓k̓ʷəsc̓əʔak̓ʷm̓ yaʔ čnəlqiw̓sčəlx - No (weeds) grow there, because all summer long they pulled weeds
- km̓aʔ ʔux̌ʔux̌tílaʔt ikɬkƛ̓aʔnčútn̓, kʷaʔ kn̓ sílxʷaʔ kn̓ ylmixʷm̓ - It’s not babies who should come after me, why, I am a big chief
- way̓ kʷaʔ kxəntsin̓ - I’ll follow you
- maʔ ilíʔxəx kʷaʔ axáʔ iswiʔsáˤc̓m̓ iʔ qʷəy̓min̓ - Wait a minute until I’m done reading the letter