Part of Speech: adjective

Curly, kinky; hard, stiff (as buckskin or moccasins from drying after getting wet). q̓šáaš iwá apɨ́x̣ ‘the hide is stiff’. [Y q̓šáaš ‘curly or wavy haired’.]

Definition:

Wavy.

Example:

1. áwa tútanik q̓ɨšq̓ɨ́š ‘she has wavy hair’.

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[Y q̓ɨsq̓ɨ́s ‘crunchy’.]

Wavy. q̓ɨšq̓ɨ́šni áwa tútanik ‘she has wavy hair’.

Tight fisted. q̓šɨ́š áwɨnpɨnk ‘hold it tight!’; q̓šɨ́šn ‘be stiff, hard’; q̓šɨ́šn ‘clench, hold on to’; q̓šɨ́šwi ‘hang on to the deceased’; q̓šɨšlí ‘early blueberry’.

Clenched, grasped. q̓ɨ́šni iwá timat̓áwas ‘the pencil is grasped’. [Y q̓šíiš.]

Hard. q̓táat iwačá ipáax̣ ‘the bread was hard’; q̓táat pšwá ‘hard rock’; q̓táat támšɨlpi wáwnakʷšaš ‘lady bug’.

Hard to break, solid, unbreakable. q̓tɨ́t iwá pšwá ‘rock is hard’; q̓tɨ́t mɨc̓aymɨ́c̓ay ‘alumroot, Heuchera sp.’ (root used for quitting smoking – the top of the plant looks like áyun). Ablaut: q̓táat. [NP /qttq´tt/.]

Long and cylendrical. [NP /lkʷ´ylkʷy/; /lkʷ´ylkʷy/ ‘slender’.]

Torn. q̓ɨ́x̣ni áwa táatpas ‘her dress is torn’. [NP x̣atatníin /x̣ttniins/; /t̓´tniˀns/.]

Worried about, concerned about a person. q̓ɨ́x̣šni iwá pčá ‘she is a concerned mother’. [NP ˀiyíyanin̓ /ˀyíyaniˀns/.]

Wealthy, rich. [NP qúuy̓s /quˀis/.]

Burst apart; gradually coming undone, untied (Y). qʷáaƛ iwáynana ‘it burst apart’.

Deinifiton:

Good (of odors or taste), sweet.

Examples:

qʷí itíwaša latít ‘the flowers smell good’

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iqʷiktpamá ‘perfume’.