What’s his name, so-andso. Used when not remembering a name. máysx iwiyánawita šúwaašɨn ‘so-and-so will arrive tomorrow’; áp̓x̣šaaš šúwaašɨn ‘I remember soand-so’. [NW šáakʷɨn; NP /t̓wa/.]
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What’s his name, so-andso. Used when not remembering a name. máysx iwiyánawita šúwaašɨn ‘so-and-so will arrive tomorrow’; áp̓x̣šaaš šúwaašɨn ‘I remember soand-so’. [NW šáakʷɨn; NP /t̓wa/.]