Dangerous one. A being from the legend time capable of supernatural power and thus dangerous. k̓ʷalalínɨmpam iwɨ́npta ‘the bogeyman will get you’; k̓ʷaalí iwá Spilyáy ‘Coyote is a dangerous being’ (Jacobs 1929:232:18). [NW k̓ʷaalí.]
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