qqaanáyt

Business, industry, work, activity. k̓ʷáy áwača míimi qqaanáyt nč̓inč̓imaamí ‘that was the business of the elders long ago’; ana tún iwačá míimi átaw qqaanáyt ‘whatever was the important work long ago’; kunamta kʷná wiyánax̣tita imikíin qqaanáytki ‘and there along the way you will cry about your work’; čáwpam tún míš wímita ana k̓ʷapɨ́n iwá čáw tk̓ʷíikʷ qqaanáyt ‘don’t do anything that is not right business’; at̓úk iwá qqaanáyt ana kú miyánašma patɨ́x̣ˀuyix̣a ‘the work is difficult when the children make their first kill’; amiyuux̣maamí qqaanáyt ‘business of the chiefs’; at̓úk qqaanáyt ‘hard work’; áwtni qqaanáyt ‘sacred work’. Also qqaanáywit. [NE x̣x̣aanáyt; NP x̣eléeleyn /x̣eléleyn-t/.]