kákya

Bird, animal. The prototype animal is a bird, typically a magpie (áč̓ay). tál iwá kskɨ́s kákya ‘black bug is a small insect’; áswan iwačá kákya ‘the bird was a boy’; paˀínɨmša kákyama ‘the birds are singing’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷna kákya pašúkayiša waníčt ‘all the animals know our names (especially the meadowlark [x̣ʷɨ́łx̣ʷł])’; kuna paˀáwx̣ta kákya ana kú pawiyánawita ánč̓ax̣i ‘and the birds will miss us when they come back again’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷ ana tún pawá kákyama ‘all whatever are the animals’; tunx̣túnx̣ kákyama ‘different animals’; kákyama pawá ƛ̓áax̣ʷ – wawúkya x̣átx̣at spílya ‘they’re all animals – elk, duck, coyote…’; sapx̣ʷninłá kákyama ‘crawling animals’ (saysáy ‘worms’, pyúš ‘snakes’, ámuš ‘snails’); waynałá kákyama ‘flying creatures’ (x̣ʷaamá ‘eagle’, č̓átaqš ‘bat’, atníwa ‘bee’); ánakʷi kákya ‘the thrown back creatures (from the Legend Time)’; tawyanaktpamá kákyama ‘farm animals’; tkʷátat kakyamaamíyay tkʷátataš ‘food for the animals to eat’; kakyamaamí winanuut̓áwas ‘bird bath’; támšɨlpi kákya ‘ladybug’.