nč̓ínč̓ima

Elders, ancestors. ku míimi patɨmnanáx̣ɨnx̣ana nč̓ínč̓ima ‘and long ago the elders used to tell stories’; ana kúuš nč̓ínč̓ima panaknúwišana čná tkʷátatna ‘like the elders were taking care of the food here’; ku kʷná patáwyašana inmíma nč̓ínč̓ima ‘and my ancestors where living there’; k̓ʷáyš kʷɨ́ł áykɨnx̣ana inmímaaman nč̓ínč̓imaaman sɨ́nwityaw ‘that much I used to hear my elders speak’; k̓ʷáy áwača míimi qqaanáyt nč̓inč̓imaamí ‘that was the business of the elders long ago’. See nč̓í ‘big; elder’. [NE lilč̓íma; NP /ttlume/.]