Vocabulary - scroll down the story and click on a word


'the, that'   demonstrative proclitic


cən 'I'   1st person subject enclitic


cxʷ 'you'   2nd person subject enclitic


čáʔsəʔ 'two people'   root: čə́səʔ 'two' with aʔ 'person' infix


č̕ə 'apparently'   evidential enclitic


či no good translation here   demonstratice proclitic


hiyáʔ 'go'   root


ƛ̕ácu 'trolling for fish'   root


náʔc̕uʔ 'one person, other one, another'   root: nə́c̕uʔ 'one' with aʔ 'person' infix


nəx̣čŋín 'I thought'   prefix: nə- '1st singular genitive'; root: x̣č; suffix: -ŋin 'instrument (perhaps)'


níɬ 'then, so then; it is, that's'   3rd person predicate root


o 'oh'   interjection, perhaps from English


qʷáy 'say, speak'   root


sq̕ʷiyiʔáʔən̕ 'deaf people'   prefix: s- + root: q'ʷəy̕aʔ with əy 'plural' infix + -ən̕ 'ear' suffix


suʔčəm̕əsnə́kʷis 'they met'   prefix: s-; prefix: uʔ- 'so then' (discourse connector); root: čəm̕; suffix: -us 'face'; suffix: -nəkʷi 'each other (non-control reciprocal)'; suffix: -s 'they (3rd person genitive)'


suʔkʷčáŋəts 'so he hollered at him'   prefix: s-; prefix: uʔ- 'so then' (discourse connector); root: kʷač; suffix: -əŋ 'middle'; suffix: -ət 'transitive'; suffix: -s '3rd person transitive subject'


suʔƛ̕áys 'so he again'   prefix: s-; prefix: uʔ- 'so then' (discourse connector); root: ƛ̕ay; suffix: -s '3rd person genitive'


suʔwə́y̕qəʔ 'men'   Prefix: s-; Root: wəyqəʔ with 'plural' reduplication


'on the contrary'   evidential enclitic


tx̣ʷéyn 'where to?'   prob. root


u '?'   yes/no question enclitic


ʔə́wə 'no, it's not the case'   root


ʔaʔ no good translation here   oblique preposition


n̕shiyáʔ 'you go'   prefix: n̕- '2nd person genitive'; prefix: s-; root: hiyáʔ 'go'


ʔuč '?'   information request enclitic