nk̓ʷasq̓t ɬu l sčč̓masq̓t

ec̓sčn̓asq̓ti [ec̓-s-čn̓-asq̓t, rt., čen̓, interrogative, what state?], What is happening with the day? How is the weather?

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/ /-asq̓t, day

Suffix, -asq̓t indicates the temporal and spatial expanse of a day. When co-occurring with prefix, č-, elevative, it indicates the elevated portion of that expanse, the sky and figuratively by extension, the weather.

• x̌s-asq̓t, good day; good weather/sky.
  • x̌es, good.

• č̓s-asq̓t, bad day; good weather/sky.
  • č̓əs, bad.

• ac̓x̌-asq̓t-iš, look at the day!
  • ac̓x̌, look.

• esnt̕xʷt̕xʷl-asq̓t-i, the day is changing; the weather is changing.
  • t̕ixʷl, differernt.

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č-/ /-asq̓t, sky, weather

• č-tok̓ʷ-sq̓t, cloudy sky.
• č-tk̓ʷp-asq̓t, cloudy sky, became cloudy.
• č-tk̓ʷk̓ʷ-asq̓t, clouds appeared.
  • tuk̓ʷ, put, place. Root word, stative.
  • tk̓ʷup, became put, placed.

• č-tqp-asq̓t, became clouded over.
• es-č-tqp-asq̓t, it is clouded over.
• es-č-tqp-asq̓t-i, it is getting clouded over
  • tqep, dam, obstruct.
  • taq, laid flat, lay hand.

• č-xʷk‍̓‍ʷp-asq̓t, clouds breaking up.
  • xʷuk‍̓‍ʷ, clean, tidy, orderly, clear.
  • xʷk̓ʷup, it became clean, clear.

• č-x̌qp-asq̓t, clear opening in the clouds.
• č-x̌qp-asq̓t-n – something that clears the sky.
  • x̌q, clear, no obstruction.
  • x̌qup, it became clear, no obstruction.

• č-qʷin-sq̓t, blue sky.
  • qʷin, green, green-blue, grue. (Nselíšcn worldview describes color in different categories. The color of the sky linguistically falls within, qʷin, green, green-blue, grue.)

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• č-tmp-asq̓t, cloudy sky.
  • s-č-tmip, cloud.
  • s-č-tmtmip, clouds.
  • s-č-ɬ-tt̕mip, little cloud.
  • es-č-ttmpmi, it’s getting cloudy.
  • təm, brought together. Root word, stative.
  • tmip, came together.

• č-č̓mp-asq̓t, dark sky, cloudy sky.
  • sč-č̓mip, dark cloud, cloud.
  • č̓mp-nuxʷ – dark cloudy weather, dark period.
  • č̓im, dark . Root word, stative.
  • č̓mip, it became dark.