Definition:
A thing or tool for something.
Function:
Instrument nominalizer. Atttach to nouns
Examples:
- atáwas ‘bathroom’;
- aycáwas ‘chair’;
- capacanpáwas ‘bridle’;
- cap̓uykáwas ‘harrow’;
- caq̓páwas ‘ribbon’;
- cawaanaynacáwas ‘bit (for horse)’;
- čak̓ukáwas ‘rake’;
- čawaax̣aapáwas ‘tepee liner, tent liner’;
- čax̣ɨlpáwas ‘opener’;
- ic̓ikáwas ‘sugar’;
- imiikáwas ‘rock used in tanning’;
- itk̓ʷkáwas ‘straightner (for arrows)’;
- ɨsk̓páwas ‘button for tepee’;
- k̓ilyakáwas ‘hooked pole for pulling down limbs’;
- q̓ɨmkáwas ‘hide scraper’;
- lawaalaytáwas ‘chimney’;
- luulikáwas ‘children’s swing’;
- nakwaycáwas ‘ferry’;
- nɨkaštkáwas ‘tepee spine’;
- pak̓ʷaakáwas ‘fork’;
- pawiyapaanáwas ‘fork in the road’;
- pax̣aapáwas ‘roasting or baking pan’;
- sapaˀixáwas ‘soap’;
- sapacanpáwas ‘horse bit’;
- sapawak̓páwas ‘button’;
- saxaapáwas ‘sawmill’;
- suk̓páwas ‘pin’;
- šax̣ƛ̓káwas ‘cross-cut saw’;
- tak̓páwas ‘saddle cinch’;
- tamastkáwas ‘rope, lariat’;
- tamax̣aapáwas ‘liner (in dress, vest, etc.)’;
- tamaynacáwas ‘jail’;
- tamicáwas ‘cemetery’;
- tuskáwas ‘index finger’;
- tx̣nɨmk̓icáwas ‘stirrup’;
- wanpáwas ‘radio’;
- waq̓páwas ‘pin’;
- waasklikáwas ‘wheel’;
- wastkáwas ‘halter’;
- wawaanaytáwas ‘windmill’;
- wawc̓aakáwas ‘nail’;
- wawqukáwas ‘tepee peg’;
- wawq̓páwas ‘nail’;
- wax̣ʷłkáwas ~; waxʷłkáwas ‘key’;
- wayčáwas ‘ferry’;
- wiyačaquukáwas ‘reins’.
- When coupled with nominalizer -t there is glottalization:
- šapaluluukt̓áwas ‘sandpaper’;
- timat̓áwas ‘pen, pencil’.
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[NE -úus; Y -áwaas; NP /-oˀs/; PS -awaˀas.]