náwa(č)

Say, speak, talk. míšnam náwa k̓ʷáy ‘how do you say that?’; kʷyáamnam náwa ‘you are telling the truth?’; míšnam náwa ‘how are you saying?’; šín čí ináwa ‘look who’s talking!’; tk̓ʷíikʷ ináwa ‘he is talking honestly’; yiyáwpam náwa ‘you sound pitiful’. The form náwač occurs in the past: ináwača ‘he said’; panáwača ‘they said’. [NE & Y núu(č); K núu(k) (Jacobs 1929:184:14; 221:4; 1937:13.11.4, pg. 26).]