Draw near, meet, join, arrive. ana kú ic̓áanɨmta kuna nápu wáała mɨ́taw patáwštaymata ku patáwyawɨnpɨmta apápa ku patášapaˀayčta c̓áa miyuux̣míyaw ‘when he will come near then two or three will meet him and shake his hand and they will have him sit near the chief’; ku ana kú mún ác̓aana pɨnmíin łk̓ʷí ‘and whenever her days drew near (to death)’; ác̓aasa wɨšayčtpamá łk̓ʷí ‘he is having a birthday’; ku ác̓aata páx̣ałk̓ʷipa k̓ʷapɨ́n pɨnmíin tmíyut ‘and his aforementioned decision will draw near on Friday’; ic̓áasa anwíčt ‘it is the new year’; áw ic̓áana anwíčt ‘now it’s the new year’; c̓áat anwíčt ‘new year’; nɨkápac̓aak ‘tie together’; pác̓aak ‘add on’; sápc̓aak ‘arrange, put in order’; wác̓aak ‘close, lock’; wáwc̓aak ‘shoe a horse’. [NE c̓áˀn; qɨ́nti; NP /c̓áˀn/; /q̓ttn/.]
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