siyáy̓ — friend

Part of speech: noun
m̓i aa kwi sḵwalwen-chtkw huyá7 lhi ha7lh siyáy̓-cht wa sḵw’u7 tl’a nímalh tl’at sḵw’shétsut
m̓i aa kwi s-ḵwal-wen-cht-kw huyá7 lhi ha7lh siyáy̓-cht wa s-ḵw’u7 tl’a nímalh tl’-at s-ḵw’shétsut
come sore that nominalizer-think-?-our-already leave the(fem) friend-our imperfective nominalizer-together oblique.the us nominalizer-our nominalizer-play
We were sad that our good friend, who played with us all the time, was leaving.

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