n̓stil̓s
think
Listen to the elder
- taʔlíʔ ksq̓ʷisəs l̓ snyxʷtíɬc̓aʔ, way̓ n̓stil̓s - There was very much fat in the inside of it, he thought
- n̓stil̓səl̓x, “way̓ ixíʔ atáʔ n̓c̓ičn̓.” - They thought, “That’s Wolf.”
- kn̓ n̓stil̓s way̓ t̓ixəl̓x. - I thought she was out of the water.
- uɬ lut t̓ə n̓stil̓s n̓ín̓w̓iʔ əɬx̌ʷpnus t̓əx̌ʷ n̓ʔučxn̓ - And he never thought he would get away (and) follow them
- put iʔ ksləlkʷuts iʔ tl̓ yáˤčíň put kʷ n̓stil̓s way̓ t̓ixəl̓x - Just a little ways from the water line just where you think she’ll get out of the water
- mət k̓ɬtqpil̓smnsəl̓x iʔ t asnəqsílxʷ, mət n̓stil̓səl̓x mət kʷ ƛ̓l̓al̓, km̓ mət way̓ kʷ čxʷl̓xʷal̓t - I suppose your relatives are worrying about you, they must be wondering whether you are dead or alive
- áɬiʔ kʷu n̓stil̓s mt x̌ast. - We thought it was pretty good.
- tl̓ n̓sq̓ʷut kn̓ n̓stil̓sm̓ sčutxn̓t̓it̓xʷl̓čn̓ - ̓. I think he said from across the ocean, he’s Italian