nčcnustn -> k̓ʷɬnčcšeptn

Ɂa, kʷ ck̓ʷɬčic ye l̕ snqlyxʷečstn ɬu l̕ qʕesʕʷlqʷštwexʷi ɬu qʕesmypnunm ɬu nselíšcn

šey̓ u eskʷtntwilš u esyʕʷyʕʷtwilš ɬu eswwew̓lši

šey̓ kʷ lmlmsnuxʷ ɬu aspw̓usm ɬu nselíšcn ɬu kʷ ck̓ʷɬčic

l̕ šey̓ m qʷo qsʕʷlqʷštwéxʷ ɬu qʕqsmlk̓ʷk̓ʷmúleɁxʷi ɬu t qʕnwwewlštn

  • st̕ulyxʷ, the origin time, animate form; earth, land. s- t̕ul -yxʷ
    • t̕ul, the origin time, spirit, supernatural.
    • -yxʷ, transformed form.
    • s-, nominal. Transforms verbs to noun-like words.
  • sqelyxʷ, the apexed transformed form; human. s- qel -yxʷ
    • qel, being the top, top position, be the surmounting, being the apex. In the sense of humans, to be the top being.
    • -yxʷ, transformed form.
    • s-, nominal. Transforms verbs to noun-like words.
  • sqel̕tč, the enduring topping; body, muscle, meat. s- qel̕ -tč
    • qel̕, be the encompassing.
    • -tč, an enduring state.
    • s-, nominal. Transforms verbs to noun-like words.
  • smʕem, that being made to endeavor, woman. s- mʕ -em
    • , endeavor at/endure a laborious event/situation; describing the efforts to endeavor, to struggle/work/strive, to endure childbirth.
    • -em, to be the act of doing to/of something, dynamic antipassive.
    • s-, nominal. Transforms verbs to noun-like words.
  • peɬpɬkʷi, being a dynamic nexus of exceptionally fluidic activity, women folk. peɬ -pɬ -kʷ -i
    • peɬ, to dynamically bond, to be a nexus, connecting to increase dimensions.
    • /C1VC2/[C1C2], augmentative reduplication. peɬ-pɬ
    • -kʷ, fluidity, fluid activity.
    • -i, continuative.
  • spilyeɁ, appears to have no direction; Coyote. s- pil -eyeɁ
    • pil, unrigid form, easily redirected.
    • s-, nominal. Transforms verbs to noun-like words.
    • -yeɁ, pretend; appear to be (dynamically transform outwardly).
      • -ey, transform.
      • -eɁ, outward expression.
  • snč̓lep, that which emerges in through at the beginning; Coyote. s- n- č̓l -ep
    • č̓l, transit through, to pass through a plane, e.g., water, the plane of existence/reality, the visible, etc. Transition from one state to another.
    • s-, nominal. Transforms verbs to noun-like words.
    • n-, inside, the focus of.
    • -ep, base, primal.
  • xʷyxʷeɁyuɬ, lingering form outwardly transforms that passes through of itself for some purpose; animal. xʷy -xʷ -eɁ -y -uɬ
    • xʷy, linger.
    • -xʷ, outer dimension.
    • -eɁ, outwardly expresses.
    • -y, transform.
    • -uɬ, capacity to pass through to or for some purpose.
  • qlispél, reached a substantially changed form beginning connected to the body, Kalispel tribe/people. (ql-is-p-él). Refers to the great camas, having reached a large state among camas; the freshly harvested great camas.
    • ql, at the apex of something. In the sense of humans, to be the top being; body/meat, to grow upon life/bone.
    • -ys (also, -is), transmute, change form/substance; teeth, rain, exchange, etc. (-y, transform; -s, originate at)
      • -ey, transform.
      • -us, originate at.
    • -el, body connected, as an appendage connects to the body, as a person/family belongs to a tribe/band, etc; projectile as an arrowhead connects to a arrow, by extension, a bullet, etc.
    • -ep, base, primal.
  • nqʷq̓ʷsm̓ičn̓šn (truncated, nqʷq̓ʷsm̓i -> also, nqʷq̓ʷosm̓i ), little bunched in together foot pads, dog. n- q̓ʷ- q̓ʷs -m̓- ičn̓šn
    • q̓ʷis, the state of being clustered or bunched together; to be curled in on itself, as scorched pine needles.
    • [C1]-/C1VC2/ + [R], diminutive reduplication. qʷ-q̓ʷis-m̓, it has a little thing bunched in together on itself (from q̓ʷism, s/he/it has it bunched in on itself). Resonant consonants in the stem-word are glottalized through diminutive morphological processes, represented here as, + [R].
    • -m, middle form, valency increasing (stative monovalent to bivalent), valency decreasing (transitive bivalent to intransitive bivalent) Used to increase or decrease transitivity to the neutral position.
    • n-, inside, the focus of.
    • -ičn̓šn, sole/bottom of the foot. (-ičn̓, back; –šn, foot, interact)

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