sy̓syus
smart, powerful, able, powerful, clever, capable
- uɬ áɬiʔ sy̓syus l̓ spix̌m̓ - Because he’s smart at hunting
- sy̓syus l̓ syiríwaxn̓ - S/he’s smart with snow shoes.
- talíʔ sy̓syus iʔ n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ, sc̓x̌il̓x kiʔ n̓ʔaɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓. - The sea monster is very smart, that’s why he’s a man-eater.
- mal̓tm̓ t isysyús kiʔ kaʔkíčn̓tsn̓ - It’s because I’m smart that I found you
- lut kʷuʔ t̓ə ksn̓kčnikn̓tm̓ t̓əxʷ iwá sy̓syus - She will never overtake us with all her smartness
- nak̓ʷáʔ t̓u··l̓ ixíʔ iʔ kʷəkʷt̓it iʔ tkɬmilxʷ iʔ t sy̓syusts - The Golden Woman is not beatable because of her power
- lut t̓ə čmy̓stim̓ l̓ stim̓ sy̓syus - We don’t know in what things he is smart
- uɬ axáʔ n̓c̓ičn̓ iʔ xaʔtústs áɬiʔ w̓nixʷ sy̓syus l̓ stəxʷčnčuts - And Wolf is their leader because he sure is smart in getting things to eat
- uɬ áɬiʔ tl̓ sy̓syusts k̓ʷəčk̓ʷačt - Because he’s smart (and) strong