-tax̣na

Conditional. Abilitative (‘can, could’): tkʷátat paˀanítax̣na ‘they could prepare food’; pašapáp̓x̣tax̣nanam paamanáy ‘they can cause you to remember them’; anam kʷɨ́nki pašapálaliwatax̣na ‘with that which they could make you lonely’; kunata kú mayní ásapsik̓ʷatax̣na miyánašmaaman sɨ́nwit ‘and then some way we can teach the children the language’; čáwnam mún áwaawayčtax̣na kʷaaná wáašna ‘you can never run across that sacred ground’; ana kú čáw miyánašma pawínatax̣na súlcasyaw ‘when the children cannot go to the army’; iwɨ́nptux̣tax̣nanam paamikníin ‘he could get you back from them’; átq̓ix̣šanaaš paamanáy pawínatax̣na ‘I wanted them to go’; páyš iwínax̣amtax̣na káas čɨ́ni wánakni ‘if only the train could run on this side of the river’; átq̓ix̣šanaaš iwilawíix̣tax̣na ‘I wanted him to race’. Counterfactual conditional (suffixes to the verb in both clauses): páyšnaš wínatax̣na ‘if only I had gone’; páyšnaš wátax̣na x̣ax̣áykʷ inmípa apápa kuš kúuk q̓ínutax̣na ‘if I had the money in my hand then I would see’; páyšnaš wínatax̣na kuš átux̣ʷnatax̣na ɨwínatna ‘if I had gone I would have shot the deer’; kúuk itx̣ánatax̣nay tíin ku palaláay tkʷátat átx̣anatax̣nay ‘had the person stayed then there would be lots of food’ (Jacobs 1937:3.7.5, pg. 5). [NW -tax̣nay; NP /-oˀqa/, /-t-ˀaq/.]