nyip kwettap 'ehaach yaq
English: Translation
there's water in that canyon; that's a creek
Part of Speech
sentence
Semantic Domain
Earth, geology and landscape
Water, bodies of water and the water cycle
Custom tags
-ch/-vech Subject Suffix
Meaning/Usage/Transcription Unclear/Questionable
Notes
Unclear if "that canyon" or "that is a canyon". Demonstrative determiners usually follow the noun in 'Iipay but this may not be a strict rule.
Unclear if it is "in that canyon" with no locative suffix; Ponchetti also used "kwettap 'ehaa" as the term for "creek".