sq’eq’ósthóxes

Sq’eq’ósthóxes means ‘(she) accompanied me…’. The ‘she’ is not explicitly stated, but you understand it from the context.

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Pronunciation

This phrase has the following structure:

Notes:

• The base word here is sq’eq’óstexw – to accompany (in turn based on sq’ó – companion;see the entry for sq’eq’ósthóx for more information)

  

• The -exw part of the word drops before –óx (me)
• The –es ending here indicates the presence of a third person (neither you nor me), who acts as the subject. In this case the third person subject is the understood ‘she‘.
• In other contexts this could mean ‘he accompanied me‘, or another person could be specified.