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