čknaqs
be alone
- way̓ knánaqs q̓ʷəyáˤs, k̓im̓ l̓ čitxʷs - The Black Face was all alone at his house
- t̓iʔ kn̓ čknaqs. - I’m alone.
- knánaqs knanáqs - He’s alone, single
- t̓iʔ kn̓ knánaqs miʔ kn̓ əɬxʷuy̓. - I alone will go back.
- t̓iʔ anwíʔ kʷ knánaqs miʔ kʷ xʷuy̓ k̓ asn̓qsílxʷ. - You by yourself go to your people.
- kʷu knánaqs - We are each by himself., It is each one of us.
- mət sn̓k̓əwpilsx, uɬ aɬíʔ swit t̓i knánaqs - Maybe he got lonesome, because he’s all alone
- ixíʔ nínwiʔ ɬə t̓l̓xwil̓x iʔ tl̓ sqilxʷ, lut kmix ksknánaqs iʔ sk̓ʷək̓ʷiy̓ml̓t laʔkín̓ mɬ čn̓ʔasəsíl̓. - When the next generation of people will come, there won’t be only single children born, there will also be twins.