naknúwi

Definition:

Keep, take care of, look after.


Examples:

  1. panaknúwitanam ‘they will take care of you’
  2. súlcasma panaknúwišana čaaná tiičámna ‘the soldiers were taking care of this country’
  3. aš kʷɨ́ł ánaknuwišana ‘however many of them I was taking care of’
  4. ana k̓ʷapɨ́n inaknúwiša walptáykaš ‘the aforementioned who are taking care of the songs’
  5. ana kúuš nč̓ínč̓ima panaknúwišana čná tkʷáatatna ‘like the elders were taking care of the food here’
  6. k̓ʷáy áwača pšatat̓áwas ana kʷná panaknúwix̣ana ƛ̓áax̣ʷ paamíin tkʷátat x̣yáw ‘that was their bag where they used to keep all their dry food’
  7. kuna kʷɨ́nki ánaknuwitax̣na yáƛ̓pitna tiičámna ‘and because of that we can take care of the wetlands’
  8. kunam kúušx̣i ím pánaknaknuwita náaman waq̓íšwit ‘and in the same way you will take care of our lives’
  9. kʷná patánaknuwix̣a asúxna ‘they take care of the salmon eggs there’
  10. kunam pinánaknuwita níix̣kisim px̣ʷíki ‘you should take care of yourself with only good thoughts’
  11. kunam pánaknuwiyayita inmíma náymuma ‘and you will take care of my relatives’
  12. čúušnɨmna inaknúwiyayiša náaman ƛ̓áax̣ʷ wáwnakʷšaš ‘water is taking care of all our bodies’
  13. kúušx̣ina náaman inaknúwiyayiša wáwnakʷšaš čúušnɨm ‘in the same way the water is taking care of our bodies’
  14. pápanaknuwitapam ‘you should take care of one another’
  15. ana kʷɨ́nɨm inaknúwiyayiša náaman wáwnakʷšaš ‘that which is caring for our bodies’
  16. iwapáataša pšɨ́tpa naknúwit k̓úsina ‘he is helping his father take care of the horse’
  17. ana míš mayní naknúwit iwačá k̓úsimaaman ‘however it was to take care of the horses’
  18. ača kú iwačá naknúwiyi šuyapumaamípa nč̓ípa ataymat̓áwaspa ‘because he was cared for among the white people in the big city’
  19. naknuwiłá ‘keeper, care taker’.

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[NP /qícqn/.]