Part of Speech: adjective

Heated, warmed. ílax̣ʷayx̣i iwá q̓ʷšq̓ʷɨ́š ‘the coffee is heated up’. [NP cepéeˀleyqin̓ /cepéˀleyqiˀns/.]

Last year’s. ilwiimalí šúšaynš ‘post-spawning steelhead’. [NP héey̓in̓ /héy̓e-iˀns/ ‘spawned’.]

Tanned. ímiiki apɨ́x̣ ‘buckskin’; ímiiki táatpas ‘buckskin dress’; pláš ímiiki ~ pláš ímiiki apɨ́x̣ ‘white buckskin’. [NE šapaˀišq̓ʷkí; Y ímuyki; NP /tw̓alpiˀins/; /nktpiˀins/; /ˀispihín/.]

Finished. ku tímaš iwáta ínaq̓iyi sc̓átpa ku máysx iwáta tkʷápaničašani ‘and the paper will be finished at dark and be signed in the morning’; lukʷátit iwá ínaq̓iyi ‘the tule mat is finished’.

Softened. íšq̓ʷkni apɨ́x̣ ‘softened hide’.

Mixed (food, as bitterroot mixed with salmon). [NP sepéetwenin̓ /sepétweniˀns/.]

Pregnant. iyáy iwá tílaaki ‘the woman is pregnant’. [N iyák; NP /hiyek/ (mostly of animals); /ˀlúutpe/ ‘in belly (pregnant)’.]

Dangerous, reckless. wášnaš iyíya ‘I am getting dangerous’. [NP /ˀayyiˀc/.]

Kind, compassionate, humble. ɨmɨnɨwáy iwá k̓ʷáy ‘that one is kind’; kʷáalisimnam wáta ɨmɨnɨwáy ‘you should always be humble’. [NP /hamqaqayc/, /hamqaqaˀis-/; cf. Y ɨmnɨmwáy ‘reserved, stoic, passive’.]

Always talking, joking around. Also pronounced ámttun. ɨ́mttun iwá k̓ʷáy ‘that one is always talking, joking around’.

Cute, lovable. Also pronounced amúˀmu. [NP /hamol̓ic/.]

Told repeatedly. ɨ́nˀɨnni pawá ‘they’re told time and again’.

Said, promised. kutaš wá ɨ́nni k̓ʷáy waníčt ‘and those names of ours are promised’.

Poor, pitiful, unfortunate. Also ɨšnɨwáy, šɨnwáy. čáwnam ásapawaac̓wita ɨšnuwáyna px̣ʷína ‘don’t put bad feelings in front (don’t feel sorry for yourselves)’. [Y ɨšnawáy varies with ɨšnɨwáy; K išɨnwáy (Jacobs 1937:2.5.2, pg. 3; 10.6.2, pg. 16; 13.5.6, pg. 24; 16.24.1, pg. 33; 17.1.1, pg. 34); šɨnwáy (Jacobs 1937:31.9.3, pg. 72).]

Pertaining to roads. pamáywɨšinx̣a ɨščɨtpamá kutkutłáma ‘the road workers move around in the morning’.

Lightweight, thin. Of two dimensional objects such as paper, material (cloth). ɨwíix iwá tímaš ‘the paper is thin’; ɨwíix iwá síil ‘the material is thin’. Opposite is t̓ɨnú. [NP /hw´q̓is/; cf. NP /hw´q/ ‘miss, lose’.]

Insufficient, not enough as when cheated in a trade. kaˀáamnaš paníya ‘they didn’t give me enough’; kaˀáamnaš wá ‘I didn’t have (“eat”) enough’; kaˀáam iwačá tkʷátat ‘there wasn’t enough food’.

Full, very full. áw iwá káakɨm ‘it is full’; káakɨm iwá wápas ‘the bag is full’; káakɨmpam kúta wápas ‘you should fill up your bag’. [NE kmíim; NP kakmám /kkm´m/.]

Long, tall. káatnam iwá wínš ‘the man is tall’; čáw pawá miyánašma káatnam ‘the children are not tall’; ttúušma pawá káatnam ‘some people are tall’; káatnam tútanik ‘long hair’; káatlam wɨx̣á (waxalxalí) ‘harvestman, daddy-long-legs’. [NP /kuhét(i)/.]

Clean. ku káayk pákʷayix̣a kʷiiní plášin plɨ́splɨsin ‘and that white berry cleans his (sore)’. See also kyáak. [NP /kyxk´yx/.]