čaptíkʷɬ 1: mouse and grizzly 2 (12)

Question 1

skəkʕákaʔ

Answer 1

animals

Question 2

túplaʔ

Answer 2

spider

Question 3

sʕax̌ʷíp

Answer 3

strand / root

Question 4

ləx̌tiw̓s

Answer 4

friends

Question 5

mʕaʔɬt

Answer 5

break for someone

Question 6

lk̓an̓t

Answer 6

to tie up

Question 7

lak̓

Answer 7

tied up

Question 8

n̓qʷn̓qʷnaʔmíst

Answer 8

beg

Question 9

xpn̓tim̓

Answer 9

chew on something

Question 10

tkʷʔut

Answer 10

walk

Question 11

t̓ət̓áq̓aʔt

Answer 11

small strings

Question 12

k̓səstiʔst

Answer 12

have trouble / be in trouble

Question 13

k̓aw̓sʕ̓ác̓m̓

Answer 13

go to see

Question 14

k̓ʷixʷəxʷ

Answer 14

get loose / get free

Question 15

mist

Answer 15

know

Question 16

qɬnun̓t

Answer 16

manage to

Question 17

ct̓ak̓ʷ

Answer 17

be somewhere / be put somewhere

Question 18

iĺi̓···ʔ iʔ skəkʕákaʔ kakíciʔsəl̓x kiʔláw̓naʔ əc̓i···tx

Answer 18

Then, the animals found Grizzly Bear sleeping

Question 19

uɬ lk̓n̓tisəl̓x t túplaʔ iʔ sʕax̌ʷíps

Answer 19

And they tied him up with spider’s webbing

Question 20

k̓ʷík̓ʷxʷnaʔ cmistís kiʔláw̓naʔ k̓səstiʔst uɬ k̓aw̓sʕ̓ác̓s

Answer 20

Mouse knew that Grizzly was in trouble and went to look

Question 21

k̓ʷík̓ʷxʷnaʔ kakíciʔs kiʔláw̓naʔ eclak̓

Answer 21

Mouse found Grizzly tied up

Question 22

“səxʔkinx ?”, cut k̓ʷík̓ʷxʷnaʔ. “kn̓ n̓stil̓s kʷ síl̓xʷaʔ uɬ kʷ k̓ʷəck̓ʷact.”

Answer 22

“What’s the matter?,” said Mouse, “I thought you were big and strong”

Question 23

sc̓kin̓x lut qɬnun̓txʷ ɬ aksmʕáʔm̓ ?

Answer 23

Why weren’t you able to break it?

Question 24

cut kiʔláw̓naʔ, “lut qɬnun̓. alá···ʔ kn̓ ct̓ak̓ʷ miʔ kn̓ ƛ̓lal̓”

Answer 24

Grizzly said, “There’s nothing I can do. Here I will be until I die”

Question 25

cut k̓ʷík̓ʷxʷnaʔ, “an̓lk̓n̓cútn̓ t̓ət̓q̓táq̓aʔt”

Answer 25

Mouse said, “Your bonds are short”

Question 26

asl̓xʷʔál̓qʷ lut t̓ stim̓ t̓ x̌ast

Answer 26

Your large size is nothing good

Question 27

kiʔláw̓naʔ n̓qʷn̓qʷnaʔmíst

Answer 27

Grizzly begged

Question 28

“way̓ kʷ ikskn̓xítm̓”, cut k̓ʷík̓ʷxʷnaʔ

Answer 28

“Well I will help you,” said Mouse

Question 29

uɬ ixíʔ xpn̓tis iʔ lk̓min̓s, mʕaʔɬts kiʔláw̓naʔ iʔ lk̓n̓cutn̓s

Answer 29

And then he gnawed his bindings, he broke Grizzly’s bonds for him

Question 30

k̓ʷixʷəxʷ ixíʔ stiɬxs

Answer 30

He got free and started standing up

Question 31

kiʔláw̓naʔ cut, “way̓ lim̓lm̓t. caʔkʷ lut anwiʔ caʔkʷ aláʔ kn̓ ƛ̓lal̓”

Answer 31

Grizzly said, “Thank you. If it had not been for you, here I would have died”

Question 32

tl̓ ʕapnáʔ ny̓ʕay̓p kʷu ləx̌tiw̓s

Answer 32

From now on we are always friends

Question 33

uɬ ixíʔ tekʷtkʷʔutəl̓x uɬ áɬiʔ ləx̌tiw̓sel̓x

Answer 33

And they traveled together because they were friends