sqilxʷ
people, Indian, person, Indian language, Indigenous people
Listen to the elder
- áɬiʔ iʔ sqilxʷ pničíʔ nak̓ʷáʔ t̓iʔ čkmax, ixíʔ n̓k̓ʷčwilxʷtn̓. - At that time the people didn’t stay alone, but in a group.
- haʔ way̓ p sxƛ̓apx iʔ p sqilxʷ aláʔ ? - Are all you people here?
- tl̓ sčk̓ʷul̓s iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ, lut iʔ t sqilxʷ km̓ t stim̓ kʷuʔ t̓a čkʷn̓nusts. - Since the world was made, there is no person or anything that can catch me.
- way̓ təl̓ l̓kʷut p sqilxʷ, lut t̓ə čwikɬmn̓, sič p əɬ ikswíkm̓ - You people come from far away, I haven’t seen you before, this is the first time that I see you
- iʔ sqilxʷ səčʔilxʷtx kaʔ čʔay̓x̌ʷt. - People get hungry when they get tired.
- kn̓ xʷuy̓, úɬiʔ kičən̓, uɬ aɬíʔ sčutx kʷu x̌minks pintk kʷu wiks məɬ t sqilxʷ qəlqʷilstn̓ - I went, and I got there, and he told me he likes that every time he sees me I talk in Indian
- ixíʔ sčusəl̓x ʔáˤpnáʔ ta nw̓yápixčn̓ Rusəpl̓tlík, uɬ áɬiʔ t sqilxʷ N̓x̌ʷn̓tkʷitkʷ, itlíʔ k̓m̓qin̓s. - They call it now in the white man’s language Roosevelt Lake, and in Indian Kettle Falls, that’s the head of the river
- səčm̓áy̓aʔɬtm̓səlx yəyáˤt iʔ stim̓ iʔ sqilxʷ - They tell him all kinds of things about Indians / They tell him all kinds of things about Indians. (Cv) kstim will do what?
- way̓ təl̓ sn̓yal̓mn̓, itlíʔ kn̓ sqilxʷ - From Montana, I am an Indian from there / I am an Indian from Montana