Soon, presently, definitely. Used with future tense. Often reduces to k̓í. mak̓íš wínakikta ‘pretty soon I’m going on’; kutaš mak̓í pápawilawiix̣ta ‘and soon we will race each other’; mak̓íš pináwšuwata ‘presently I will get myself ready’; áw iwámš Málals mak̓ípam kú iwáwyata ‘Malals is coming now, he’ll whip you guys right away’; mak̓ína kú ílukta ‘soon then we’ll build a fire’; kutaš k̓í pápawilawiix̣ta wɨłq̓ámita ‘and presently we will race putting on our moccasins’; kunam k̓í sc̓átpak̓a náktux̣šamta k̓ʷapɨ́n nɨkʷɨ́t ‘and on the last night you will bring back the aforementioned meat’. [NW ƛ̓íks; NP /taqc/ ~ /tax̣c/ (rarely stressed).]
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