1,421 term are adjectives

q̓ʷáan

Mashed, smashed. q̓ʷáan áwšayča suspán ‘their strawberries are mushy beyond use’. Compare k̓ʷáan ‘spongy, shriveled up from age’.

q̓ʷáap

Bent. q̓ʷáap átx̣anana pɨtyat̓áwas ‘his spear bent’ (Jacobs 1929:201:3–4).

q̓ʷáaš

Definition:

Obstinate, bull headed, stubborn.


Example:

  1. čáwnam šata q̓ʷaašq̓ʷáaš ta ‘don’t be so bull headed’.

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Compare k̓ʷáaš ‘defeated’.

q̓ʷáaƛ

Loose, free, untied. q̓ʷáaƛnaš wɨ́šayča wɨłq̓ám ‘my moccasins came untied’; áana q̓ʷáaƛ iwá ‘oh it’s untied’.

Made

aníyi ‘constructed, manufactured, man-made, hand-made’; aníyi ttɨx̣šmí ‘made of willow’; ilukasmí aníyi ‘made of wood, carved’; -łimá ‘consisting of, made of’.

Man-made

aníyi ‘made, manufactured, hand-made’.

Manufactured

aníyi ‘made, manmade, hand-made’; ilukasmí aníyi ‘made of wood, carved’.

Many

x̣lák ‘many, much, lots’; x̣lákma ‘many people’; čɨ́ł ‘this many, this much’; kʷɨ́ł ‘that many, that much’.

Many-legged

x̣lakwɨx̣aní.

Marked

tímani ‘written, drawn, branded, signed’; twáx̣ƛ̓ki ‘marked off’.

Mashed

q̓ʷáan ‘mashed up, smashed’; k̓ʷáal ‘finely mashed’; k̓ʷlɨ́l ‘very finely mashed’.

Mattered

aqɨ́ši; aqɨ́ši áčaš ‘mattered eyes’.

Mature

xawíyi ‘ripened, ripe, matured (of roots)’.

q̓ʷláapš

Bare, empty; sheared (sheep), mowed (grass). ayáw q̓ʷláapš pašq̓ʷyɨ́mča šíipna ‘they sheared the sheep real close’. [NP /k̓y̓´k/.]

Mean

hawɨ́liš ‘nasty, ornery’; páči ‘ornery, disrespectful’.

Melted

ílac̓upc̓upni; ílac̓upc̓upni yápaš ‘melted grease’.

q̓ʷłtɨ́p

Strong, able. q̓ʷłtɨ́pnaš wa ‘I am strong’; áwnaš wá q̓ʷłtɨ́p ‘now I am strong’; q̓ʷłtɨ́pnam wáta ‘you should be strong’. See also x̣tú. [NP /qpsq´ps/.]

Messy

łklá; kiłáa ‘disorganized, unkempt’; łak̓áam ‘mussed up, bushy (of hair)’.

Mild

waˀáax̣ ‘temperate, cool’.

Mischievous

q̓ʷšɨ́m ‘naughty, bad’.