Part of Speech: adjective

Many, much. x̣láknaš wá núsux ‘I have lots of salmon’; x̣láknaš wá tímatay ‘I have a lot of writing to do’; x̣láknaš wá tímaš ‘I have a lot of books’; x̣láknaš wá tímaš tímatay ‘I have a lot of paperwork to do’; x̣lák iwá qalámqalam ittáwax̣ša ana kʷná paˀaníya watám ‘there is a lot of lodgepole pine growing where they made the lake’; x̣lák pawá miyánašma ‘there are many children’; ana kʷná x̣lák patkʷátaša x̣lákma tanánma ‘there where many people are eating much’; ílukas x̣lák ‘a lot of wood’; x̣lák k̓úsi ‘lots of horses’; x̣lák łk̓ʷí ‘many days’; x̣lákma ‘lots of people’; maykx̣ɨ́lak ‘more’; maykx̣lákma ‘more people’; wɨt̓úx̣lak ‘too much, too many’; x̣lakníin ‘too much, too many’. [N ɨlɨ́x̣; NP /ˀlqni/.]

Many-legged. x̣lakwɨx̣aní saysáy ‘caterpiller’.

Striped (such as canvas for awning, a Hudson Bay blanket). x̣ɨ́li iwá útpas ‘the blanket is striped (with one stripe)’; x̣ɨlíx̣ɨli iwá útpas ‘the blanket is striped (with two or more stripes)’. Ablaut: x̣áali. [Y x̣lí; NP /x̣m̓tx̣´m̓t/.]

Open. x̣lɨ́pni iwá pčɨ́š ‘the door is opened’. [NP /x̣lpniins/.]

Cross-eyed. x̣lɨ́šni áwa ƛ̓áks ‘her friend is cross-eyed’. [NP kipxkípx sílu; cf. possibly NP /ql´c/ ‘paternal grandfather’.]

Purple. [NP /cíciyele/.]

Origin:

Diminutive redupliucation form of x̣áam ‘crushed, smashed’.

Definition:

Crunchy, crumbly.

Example:

1. x̣mx̣ɨ́m iwá ana kúuš k̓áłk̓ał ‘it is crunchy like crackers’;

See more:

čáx̣ɨmk ‘crumble’;

páx̣ɨmk ‘grind with mortar and pestle’;

wáx̣ɨmk ‘grind with a grinder’;

šapáwaax̣ɨmk ‘run a rock over something such as wheat to crush it’;

wapáx̣ɨmk ‘crumble with the hand’. Ablaut:

[Cf. NP qémqem /qmqm/ ‘sagebrush’; NP /x̣´m/ ‘be lost, disappear’ (bound).]