Part of Speech: transitive verb

Believe, believe in. ačamaš kú kʷyáamša imanáy ‘because I believe you’; kʷyáamtanam ‘you should believe’; kutaš čáw ákʷyaamna ‘and we did not believe her’; ana kú ákʷyaamša paanáy aniłáan ‘when we believe the Creator’; ana kú ákʷyaamnayiša paanáy aniłáan ‘when we believe the Creator’s [law]’; kuna k̓ʷapɨ́n ákʷyaamnayiša paanáy ‘and we believe his aforementioned [law]’; kʷɨ́nkišta kú ákʷyaamša inmína aniłáan ƛ̓áax̣ʷki inmíki tɨmnáki ‘because of that then I believe my Creator with all my heart’. [NP /ˀikúuynek/ (

Tell the truth. ku kʷná ánačni aw kú K̓amáyaqɨn ikʷyaamtɨ́mna aw kú itkʷapaničášana ‘and there then last Kamaiakin spoke the truth, then he signed (the Treaty)’. [NP /ˀkúuytm/.]

Definition:

Be glad.

Examples:

1. pak̓ʷałášana ‘they were glad’;
2. pamák̓ʷałaša ‘they are happy’;
3. k̓ʷałámataš ‘thank you’;
4. pak̓ʷałanx̣a pčałk̓ʷína káˀuyitki ‘they appreciate Mother’s Day with the root feast’;
5. ana kú iwɨ́šayča naamí aniłá ku kʷɨ́nki pak̓ʷałána miyánašna paníya tún ‘when our maker was born they rejoiced about that child—they gave things’;

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k̓ʷałáni ‘glad, happy’;

k̓ʷałanáwa ‘be glad for, pleased with’;

k̓ʷałanawštáyma ‘be glad to meet’.

[NP /llóyn/; /ˀéy̓sn/.]

Origin:

k̓ʷałá (to be glad) + -awa (directive)

Definition:

Be glad for, be pleased with, thank.

Exmaples:

1. pak̓ʷałanáwaša aniłáan ‘they’re giving thanks to the Creator’;
2. ák̓ʷałanawatanam ana k̓ʷapɨ́n tkʷátat iníčayiya čná ‘you should give thanks for the food he placed here for us’;
3. k̓ʷałanáwašamaš inmíyaw háaštyaw kumaš k̓ʷałanáwaša inmíyaw waq̓íšwityaw ‘thank you for my breath and thank you for my life’;
4. k̓ʷałanáwašamaš ‘I am pleased with you’;
5. k̓ʷałanáwašamaš naamí aniłá ‘thank you, our Creator’;
6. k̓ʷałanáwašamataš apam kú wiyánawiša ‘I’m glad when you’re coming’;
7. kuš ák̓ʷałanawax̣a inmína miyánašna ‘and I am glad for my child’;
8. kuš ák̓ʷałanawašana ana pmáy pawɨ́npatašana tkʷátatna ‘and I was glad for them, they were going to get the food’;
9. kunata kʷaaná ák̓ʷałanawax̣a ana kú pinátamasklikɨnx̣a tiičám wawáx̣ɨmyaw ‘and we indeed give thanks to that (land) when the land turns itself to spring’;
10. kunata kʷaaná ák̓ʷałanawax̣a ‘and we are glad for that’.

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[NE k̓ʷałanúun.]

Be glad to meet; receive ceremonially, welcome with a gift. ák̓ʷałanawštaymašana núsuxna ‘we are joyfully receiving the salmon’; ku paták̓ʷałanawštaymax̣a waníčtna kʷaaná ‘and they gladly meet that name’; ku čáw tún paták̓ʷałanawštaymax̣a waníčtna ‘and they greet the name (with) nothing’; áwmataš k̓ʷałanáwštaymaša ƛ̓áax̣ʷ ‘I am happy to welcome you all’; ik̓ʷałanáwštaymax̣a waníčtna x̣ax̣áykʷki ‘he greets the name with money’; kunam ák̓ʷałanawštaymata túkin ‘and you should greet it with something’; k̓ʷałanáwštaymat miyánašna ‘giving thanks for the child’. The following was used ditransitively: pák̓ʷałanawštaymaša pútɨmt x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘he is giving him $10’ (such as for the new name he is receiving). See also níyawštayma.

Quarrel. ik̓ʷiyáwiša ‘he is quarreling’; pápak̓ʷiyawitapam kʷɨ́nki ‘you will quarrel with one another about that’; kunam čáw pak̓ʷiyáwita kʷɨ́nki ‘and they will not quarrel with you about that’. [NP /wiqwiqn/.]