| Tátataks a hû´nk | wéas | lúla, | tatátaks | a híshuaksh | tchímĕna, |
| Whenever | children | died, | or when | a husband | became widower, |
| snáwedsh | wénuitk, | ḵû´ḵi | ḵĕlekátko, | spû´klitcha |
| (or) the wife | (is) widowed, | they weep | for cause of death | go sweating |
| túmi | [shashámoks=] | [lólatko]; | túnepni | waítash | tchík |
| many | relatives | who have lost; | five | days | then |
| sa | hû´uk | spû´klia. | 6 |
| they | sweat. |
| [Shiúlakiank] a | sha | ktái | húyuka | skoilakuápkuk; |
| Gathering | they | stones | (they) heat (them) | to heap them up (after use); |
| hútoks | ktái | ḵá-i tatá | spukliû´t’huīsh. |
| those | stones | never | having been used for sweating. |
| Spúklish | lúpĭa | húyuka; | ḵélpka a | át, |
| Sweat lodge | in front of | they heat (them); | heated (being) | when, |
| ílhiat | átui, | ḵídshna ai | î | ámbu, | kliulála. |
| they bring (them) inside | at once, | pour | on them | water, | sprinkle. |
| Spû´kli | a sha | túmĕni | “hours”; | ḵélpkuk | 9 |
| Sweat | then they | several | hours; | being quite warmed up |
| géka | shualkóltchuk | péniak | ḵō´ḵsh | pépe-udshak |
| they leave | (and) to cool themselves off | without | dress | only to go bathing |