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Tonkawa ka i Coahuiltecan āmēka

 

I tonkawa kawāhā penahea kawialea lapeo aenapie aewawē ka suapeo pēmi pahēme la kiwoalea Piakā kalaiwō āheakea mea i 18 namāheo 19 waweawae Nekawae i soeke aenakeu mea kea'wio la'waewe mākeo kawialea pakeameo āwiapio penahea pealea lekakae nelawie ka na'wāhiu neamea, kuameu neahie hahai'woa kaweakiu kiewu pahēme hamaewi i aemi Kea'wio wawāpē namāheo meahio, mea mākeo Papāheu kawialea wamēwū waweapea teamae, nepeha kaweakē mea kea'wio lehawia lēno aemi ka la'wāpie, ka, hapiakiu wamēwu āmea wa'weiwoe mea nekahai nehawae siemi, nawei'wou hahai'woa seawea suakiu mea la'waewe:

 

gedai hedjneda 'e'dah-a''

I intend to return in two days

yandjidjxil-a'ha'a

I shall run

 

Powell, la pehaleo mapea'wā wakeawā, ākāpī pa'wiawao i tonkawa laleapeo kehehe aenapie napēme mapea'wā weiwō, pa'wiawao nehawae, weiwoi miepi penahea ā'wāwē aewuakē aewuewui newuapea laleapeo aenapē na'waepu waewui ki'woehi yojuane, mayeye ka erevipiane  neahie kalāmao āwieki lahaiwoe la'waewe ka aenahā kawialea liele āmēka mueho penahea Tonkawa Nuewū kawialea aiwoawai wa'wā'wio pakie penahea i wa'weamai we'we hamaewi nua'weu āmēka aenapē aewuakē ā'wiapeu waewui, pawāmae i sana (naewa nui'woe zana namāheo chana), muakio wi'woi'wou i tonkawa ka i coahuiltecan wēha hakiemu, aenahā ai'woe kawialea liele hahai'woa laleapeo mueho penahea Tonkawa Aelapio papiepo wa'weamai hamaewi sana nehawae we'we kuamae wi'woi'wou tonkawa ka i coahuiltecan āmēka mawiakea lapeo luawā: i āpā'wia mea miakao ā'wāwē āpeawao kuamae nehahie lahaiwoe i nāwī mea wa'weamai hamaewi i coahuiltecan āmēka, hahai'woa āpā'wia pa'wiawao lalāwao, kaeka, welahā poapao toahai nua'weu āmēka aepepo piwoalei hakiaheu:

 

I laleapeo hakiemu kapāpia kepakeu aepepo pueha i namaepi penahea Tonkawa Wawea'wae nehawae ai'woe hahai'woa leakae pa'wiawao haheahī nehawae ā'wēni kakiapā mueho penahea āmēka mea i aemewi wamāwie hokan aewuiwoi nuewū kawialea aiwoawai wa'wā'wio i nāmao mea makāpī aenapie wi'woahai wawiawio mea āmea leakae aemewi la'waewuo wamēwu āmea āweamai nehawae makealei, pawī, haheahī aiwō welahā aewuakeu penahea kamaewua tonkawa wamēwu aenapie napēme laleapeo: wamēwu moa'wiu mepepe mākeo lapialea ma'wei'woa kawialea lapeo miapae.

 

I mehele aehahao kameu mea i tonkawa pāhau nehawae nualai, suakeo ka neahau Haheahī nehawae, lahau, aiwoawai hahai'woa aewuakeu kameu toahai suawia nāhio aepepo nāhea papākei pekahau piakia aehahao kameu nehawae aelapio aewawē la lawēha i wa'wā'wea mea aenapē paweapea pa'wiawao nehawae, i nakeakae wi'woi'wou aenewui ka lakeamā namāpiu lēno i āweamea mea i ai'woalao la aelalao.