Dictionary Entry [entry ID #3124] (related entries)

ta:q' • three • numeral • Semantic domain: counting

ta:q'i-din-tah xowh do'n dink'i-din-tah xowh do'n minundiyay wut-ch'ixolya:n-xw hay kile:xich

it could be three years or four years she looked after that boy

nahding me:nundiy siwhdahwh hay whunchwing ya'dehłts'e-ne'in-ding haya:ł hay whichwo:-ne'in haya:ł hay whis'-ne'in ta:q'in ya'dehłts'e-ne'in haya:ł

two years passed, in the place where my mother lived, and then my poor old grandmother, my poor old uncle, the three of them [including my mother] were living there, and then

"ła' , nahx , ta:q'" 'a'de:ne' hay wha:ne minawhliwh xowh do:ng' whikiwingwa'n

I said "one, two, three" and that's the only (thing) I remember, and then I guess I went to sleep

hayi wha:ne ta:q'i-ding ła' je:s na:k'e'iwha'n haya:ł ts'eh ting te:se:ch'it ye:sile'n

three times a day I eat the same thing and then I felt, it seemed like I was becoming weak.

ta:q'i-ding nohoł na:k'idehswis-mił whits'ine' na:wilit

After we tipped over three times, my leg burned.

haya:ł midiłwa: xolisji te:sinya:-tehł-de' do'n ta:q'i-ding yehna:k'iwingqot-te: haya:ł hayi-xw 'a:whlah

and then, after that, [he said] "If you're going to go faster, put it into third gear," and then I did that.