nɨkní

Turning, hour, o’clock. mɨ́łpan iwá nɨkní ‘what time is it?’; mɨ́łpan iwá nɨknípa ‘what time is it?’; k̓úycpa iwá nɨknípa ‘it’s nine o’clock’; wínax̣anaaš náptipa nɨknípa ‘I used to go at two o’clock’; áwna iwiláakʷša nɨknínɨm ‘the hour is leaving us now’ (said when you want to hurry people up); náx̣š nɨkní ‘one hour’; pútɨmt nɨkní ‘ten hours’; uynáaptipa nɨknípa ‘at seven o’clock’; k̓úycipa nɨknípa ‘at nine o’clock’. Ablaut: náakni ‘all the way around’. [Y wiyásklikt; NP liklíin /lkl´ynt/.]