Niwakashææ'ö 01.02

01.02.01

Tommy may refer to our ancestor Thomas Rolfe.

• ukwényô -- can, it is possible
• ne -- grammatical particle
• hayásö -- he is called
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• kêtö -- it means, it refers to
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• shökwahsushæ'kêô' -- our ancestor

01.02.02

As everyone knows, Thomas Rolfe was a tobacco grower.

• niunënöhtö' -- how they know
• kakwékö -- everyone
• nae -- indeed
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne -- grammatical particle
• hayë'kwayëthwaskwa' -- he used to be a tobacco grower

01.02.03

I expect he made a lot of money at it.

• húwistaka'te' -- he has a lot of money, he's rich
• íwí -- I think
• së'ë -- because, since
• wésu' -- a lot
• húwistakwë -- he has earned money

01.02.04

The important thing is that my mother named me Tommy.

• ne'hu -- there, that
• wai -- indeed
• ne' -- garmmatical particle
• nô -- maybe, probably
• kaiwakwëníyu' -- the important thing
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wa'ôkyás -- she named me that
• ne nu'yë -- my mother