áɬiʔ
because / because, why, therefore
- səčmamáyaʔx əɬa čx̌əstwil̓x, áɬiʔ kmix sčqaˤw̓x - When he’s OK he goes to school, but he’s always drunk. (CV)
- uɬ axáʔ nax̌m̓ɬ iʔ sín̓čaʔsəl̓̓x uɬ ny̓aˤy̓p k̓aw̓, áɬiʔ sčn̓c̓iw̓x uɬ səčkaʔmísl̓p̓aʔx - Their little brother is still gone, because he’s still washing dishes and packing wood
- mət áɬiʔ sƛ̓l̓lmix, lut kʷu t̓a əɬkičn̓tm̓ - He must have died, and that’s why he never got to us