Write your own prayer, a Nuu-chah-nulth tool to prayer development and undertanding.
Within this tool, you must have a paper an pencil or any writting utensil, you must record your choice on each page. When you get to the last page you will have a completed prayer.
Designed by Tim Masso.
(link: "waykaašƛuu, waykaašƛuu ḥaałapi ḥaw̓eeł. - Praise to you, praise to you, O Creator.")[\(set: $line1 to "waykaašƛuu, waykaašƛuu ḥaałapi ḥaw̓eeł. - Praise to you, praise to you, O Creator.")\(go-to: "line2")\]
(link: "haaʔinčiʔaƛ̓inƛa suw̓a haw̓eeł – we call on you again creator ")[\(set: $line1 to "haaʔinčiʔaƛ̓inƛa suw̓a haw̓eeł – we call on you again creator ")\(go-to: "line2")\]
(link: "way, ḥaałapi ḥaw̓eeł. – O Creator! ")[\(set: $line1 to "way, ḥaałapi ḥaw̓eeł. – O Creator! ")\(go-to: "line2")\]
Line 1: (print: $line1)
(link: "łaakšiʔin ƛawiił ƛaḥ ʔuyi – please sit close to us today.")[\(set: $line2 to "łaakšiʔin ƛawiił ƛaḥ ʔuyi – please sit close to us today.")\(go-to: "line3")\]
(link: "łaakšiʔiʔał n̓ačʕaaʔatu ʔaʔiič̓umʔakqin – please watch over our elders")[\(set: $line2 to "łaakšiʔiʔał n̓ačʕaaʔatu ʔaʔiič̓umʔakqin – please watch over our elders")\(go-to: "line3")\]
(link: "hupiiʔin ʔuḥiičiƛ haaʔak – help us become strong")[\(set: $line2 to "hupiiʔin ʔuḥiičiƛ haaʔak – help us become strong")\(go-to: "line3")\]
Line 1: (print: $line1)
Line 2: (print: $line2)
(link: "ʔapcaḥtak̓ap y̓uuqʷaa łim̓aqsti. - And guide our spirit on the right way")[\(set: $line3 to "ʔapcaḥtak̓ap y̓uuqʷaa łim̓aqsti. - And guide our spirit on the right way")\(go-to: "line4")\]
(link: "łaakšiʔiʔał n̓ačʕaaʔatu ʔaʔiič̓umʔakqin – please watch over our elders")[\(set: $line3 to "łaakšiʔiʔał n̓ačʕaaʔatu ʔaʔiič̓umʔakqin – please watch over our elders")\(go-to: "line4")\]
(link: "łaakšiʔin n̓ačʕaaʔatu ______ (name of nation/person) – please watch over ______.")[\(set: $line3 to "łaakšiʔin n̓ačʕaaʔatu ______ (name of nation/person) – please watch over ______.")\(go-to: "line4")\]Line 1: (print: $line1)
Line 2: (print: $line2)
Line 3: (print: $line3)
(link: "čuu, ƛ̓eekoo ƛ̓eekoo, čuu. - Thank you, thank you, that’s all.")[\(set: $line4 to "čuu, ƛ̓eekoo ƛ̓eekoo, čuu. - Thank you, thank you, that’s all.")\(go-to: "line5")\]
(link: "ƛ̓eekooʔick ḥaałapi ḥaw̓eeł qʷiyiiʔitk niiw̓a ʔaḥkuu ƛaḥ ʔuyi n̓aas. - Thank you, Creator, for what you have provided for us today.")[\(set: $line4 to "ƛ̓eekooʔick ḥaałapi ḥaw̓eeł qʷiyiiʔitk niiw̓a ʔaḥkuu ƛaḥ ʔuyi n̓aas. - Thank you, Creator, for what you have provided for us today.")\(go-to: "line5")\]
(link: "ƛ̓eekoo ḥaałapi ḥaw̓eeł, čuu. – thank you creator, that’s all. ")[\(set: $line4 to "ƛ̓eekoo ḥaałapi ḥaw̓eeł, čuu. – thank you creator, that’s all. ")\(go-to: "line5")\]
great job, you have now completed a prayer in Nuu-chah-nulth.
Line 1: (print: $line1)
Line 2: (print: $line2)
Line 3: (print: $line3)
Line 4: (print: $line4)