Definition:
Bird, animal.
The prototype animal is a bird, typically a magpie (áč̓ay).
Examples:
- tál iwá kskɨ́s kákya ‘black bug is a small insect’;
- áswan iwačá kákya ‘the bird was a boy’;
- paˀínɨmša kákyama ‘the birds are singing’;
- ƛ̓áax̣ʷna kákya pašúkayiša waníčt ‘all the animals know our names (especially the meadowlark [x̣ʷɨ́łx̣ʷł])’;
- kuna paˀáwx̣ta kákya ana kú pawiyánawita ánč̓ax̣i ‘and the birds will miss us when they come back again’;
- ƛ̓áax̣ʷ ana tún pawá kákyama ‘all whatever are the animals’;
- tunx̣túnx̣ kákyama ‘different animals’;
- kákyama pawá ƛ̓áax̣ʷ – wawúkya x̣átx̣at spílya ‘they’re all animals – elk, duck, coyote…’;
- sapx̣ʷninłá kákyama ‘crawling animals’ (saysáy ‘worms’, pyúš ‘snakes’, ámuš ‘snails’);
- waynałá kákyama ‘flying creatures’ (x̣ʷaamá ‘eagle’, č̓átaqš ‘bat’, atníwa ‘bee’);
- ánakʷi kákya ‘the thrown back creatures (from the Legend Time)’;
- tawyanaktpamá kákyama ‘farm animals’;
- tkʷátat kakyamaamíyay tkʷátataš ‘food for the animals to eat’;
- kakyamaamí winanuut̓áwas ‘bird bath’;
- támšɨlpi kákya ‘ladybug’.