Part of Speech: adjective

Shiny. luˀlúˀ iwá xaslú ‘the stars are twinkling’; áwa apɨ́łapł luˀlúˀ ‘it has shiny leaves’. [NP /lwyikl´wyik/.]

Red; red fox (tlɨ́pa); bay horse; penny (coin). inákpaaša luc̓áan k̓pɨ́tna ‘she is separating out the red beads’; čmúk táatpas čáw tún luc̓á itáatpasiya ‘he wore black clothes, not any red’; íi náptik pawačá áwtni mɨx̣ɨ́š ku luc̓á ‘yes both yellow and red were tabooed’; awínšma pamáwapawax̣ana mɨx̣ɨ́ški ku tílaakima luc̓áki čná ‘the men used to paint up with the yellow and the woman with the red here (on the hair)’; luc̓á iwá tilíwal ‘blood is red’; luc̓áluc̓a pawá ‘they’re red ones’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷ pawá luc̓áluc̓a ‘they’re all red’; tilíwal luc̓á ‘red blood’; luc̓anmí xúlxul ‘goldfish’; luc̓á sáxat ~ luc̓á šáx̣at ‘red raspberry, Rubus idaeus‘; páx̣at luc̓á ‘five cents’; maykluc̓á ‘pink’; twáluc̓ak ‘mark red’; luc̓aní ‘red willow’; luc̓anmí ‘penny’. [NP /ˀlp̓´lp/; heˀilpéˀilp ‘red raspberry’; cf. NP /luc̓élluc̓el/ ‘bright red’; /loc̓álloc̓al/ ‘reddish’.]

Smooth, even. lulúu iwá ‘it is even, it’s smooth’; šapáluluuk ‘make smooth’. [N tp̓íin.]

Unburnable. [NP /lwn̓éy̓/.]

Shiny, glittery, sheen, luster, shimmer. luxlúx iwá núsux ‘the fish is shiny’. [NP /lwiykl´yik/.]

Lucky. áana lɨwáys iwačá táaminwa íššana x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘oh he was lucky, he was always winning money’. [Y lɨwáays; NP /lwéy̓c/.]

Very correct. Diminutive of nɨwít ‘right’. lɨwít iwá tɨmnanáx̣t ‘the story is true’.

One, single, one alone. lɨ́xsnaš áƛ̓una ‘I guessed one of theirs’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷna wá pápanaymuni ana kúuš lɨ́xskni ttáwax̣tkni ‘we are all related to one another as from a single family’; kuš wá ín lɨ́xsɨmk̓a ‘and I am the only one left’; lɨ́xssɨmk̓a miimá níit iwá ‘there is only one old house left’; kunam áq̓inuta lɨ́xs wáptas ‘and you will see it, a single’; ku kʷɨ́nki lɨ́xs pinápaq̓pɨnx̣a ‘and because of that she pins on herself a single one’; tɨmná lɨ́xs ‘single heart, in agreement’; lɨ́xs px̣ʷí ‘single mind, in agreement’; lɨ́xs tanánma ‘a single people’; lɨ́xssɨmk̓a ‘just one more’; apáplɨxs ‘index finger’; uylɨ́xs ‘six’; palɨxsíks ‘widow or widower during the time of mourning’; pawiyalɨxssímwit ‘treaty’. [NP /naqsník/.]

Tiresome, bothersome, irksome, fatiguing, boring; tired, fatigued, worn out. łáakap iwá kútkut ‘the work is tiring’; aw kú łáakap iwɨ́šayča ‘then he got tired out’; łáakapnam wá ‘you’re being a pest’.

Lost, disappeared, vanished. łáamay iwá ‘he is lost, missing’; łáamay ikʷíya ‘it disappeared’; łáamay iwína áswan ‘the boy has gotten lost’; łáamaynaš níča ‘I put it away and cannot find it’. [NP /peeléy̓c/, /peeleˀíc-/.]

Immobile. łáat̓a iwá ‘he can’t get up’. [NP /c̓eˀé/.]

Lame, crippled. łáax̣ni iwá ‘he is crippled’. [WS also łúux̣ni; NP /ˀálwiˀns/.]

Messy, mussed up, bushy (of hair). łak̓áamnam wá ‘you’re bushy headed’; łak̓áam áwa wápšaš ‘she has bushy braids’. [WS łak̓áan; NE t̓šíiš; łíł; NP /tisx̣tísx̣/.]

Hidden. kuš čáw łamáy kʷiyáyita sɨnwit ‘and you will hide my words’ (said when requesting an interpreter). [NP /peeléy̓c/, /peeleˀíc-/.]