tanm̓ús
nothing / nothing. IN CONSTRUCTION WITH A NEGATIVE HAS THE MEANING not a joking matter, be quite something
- way̓ məɬ ixíʔ tanm̓ús asx̌ʷaq̓ʷəlqsm̓, way̓ čm̓ məɬ ixíʔ čiʔstm̓s - Pretend you’re snoring, and she’ll leave you alone
- min̓á tanm̓ús axáʔ iʔ tətwit - This boy is quite something
- uɬ min̓á tanm̓ús, uɬ way̓ t̓i laʔɬ anwí mi kʷu čmr·im̓ - And maybe it’s not for nothing, I will get married with you
- nak̓ʷáʔ təl̓ tanm̓ús kiʔ n̓ʔəɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓ - It’s not a joke that she is a man-eater
- way̓ t̓i tanm̓ús itíʔ kʷu kstəkʷʔútaʔx iʔ t spilm̓ - For nothing we will go in the open country
- lut x̌əl̓ tanm̓ús kʷ isənqʷən̓mínm̓, ixíʔ kʷ isk̓áˤwmístm̓ - It isn’t for nothing that I pitied you, I am going to hire you
- uɬ min̓á haʔ tanm̓ús, way̓ t̓i x̌ast əɬ k̓əɬx̌ʷilstm̓. And - maybe it’s not for nothing, it’s better that we do away with him. min̓á tanm̓us kiʔ qʷásqiʔ. It isn’t for nothing that he’s Blue Jay
- way̓ t̓əxʷ mət tanm̓ús ilíʔ sn̓ʔučxn̓ - Maybe he’s going to follow for nothing