Part of Speech: adjective

Breath. kac̓askác̓as iwáynana kúuk aw kú ináx̣tiya ‘he lost his breath, then he cried’.

Unfinished. kanútknaš wá wápas ‘my bag is unfinished’; áx̣ʷaynaš wá kanútk ‘mine is still unfinished’. [NP /wapák̓im̓/.]

Bothersome, tiring, tired, repetitive. kɨc̓ɨc̓áas ‘I feel tired’; kɨc̓ɨc̓áas iwá ‘he is tiring, bothersome’; kɨc̓ɨc̓áas isɨ́nwiša ‘he is speaking repetively’.

Smiling, grinning. kiˀíis iwá ‘he is smiling’. [NP /x̣ileyx̣íley/.]

Messy, unkempt. kiłáaš wá ‘my place is messy’. [Cf. MosesColumbian ḳ íɬạ ʔ ‘careless’ (Beavert and Hargus 2009:64).]

Hurried, in a hurry, rushed. kkáasniš wiyátkʷataša ‘I’m eating on the run’.

Wobbly, staggering. kɨkanakɨ́kana iwínaša ‘he is staggering along’.

Dissatisfied. kkáwni iwá ‘he is cheated from the Indian trade’.

Drooping. kɨkí iwá łiłípłiłip ‘the ribbon is drooping’; kɨkí ttɨ́x̣š ‘weeping willow (Salix babylonica)’. [NP /súlketet/.]

Full. Refers to small items. kkɨ́m yáx̣tayim ‘fill my cup!’; kkɨ́m iwá ‘it is full’; kkɨ́m álxayx ‘full moon’; kkɨ́mn ‘be full’; íkkmi ‘fill’. Ablaut: káakɨm ‘full, very full’. [NE kmíim; NP kakmám /kkm´m/.]

Little, small. Distributive. húy patmaaníša kkɨ́s áwa wíwnu ‘they are unable to pick, their huckleberries are little’; pank̓ú iwá at̓úk yáx̣tpa ača kú iwá kɨkɨ́s ‘Hoover’s umbrellawort is hard to find because they are small’; ku kʷná patánaknuwix̣a kkɨ́smaaman xúlxulmaaman ‘and there they take care of the little fishes’; kkɨ́smaaman xúlxulmaaman patášapattawax̣ɨnx̣a haˀáy pawɨ́šayčta mɨ́ł šapíinawit ‘they raise small fish until they become however many inches’; kkɨ́sma ttáawax̣tma ‘young men’; nápt kkɨ́s k̓úsiyin ‘two little horses’; kkɨ́s pšwá ‘small stones’; kkɨ́s púuy ‘fine snow’. For singular see kskɨ́s. [NE wiwaptáy; NW íkɨks; NP /kʷkʷ´ckʷc(e)/.]

Very small. Distributive. ku ttúuš áwiwača q̓x̣linmí kkɨ́skkɨs ‘and they had scattered about some tiny ones of tule mats’; kkɨ́skkɨs iwá tál ‘the black bugs are very tiny’.

Tender, vulnerable, frail, easily hurt. [Y kʷláa.]

Foul of odor. ksɨ́k itíwaša ‘it smells bad’.

Small, little, young. Singular, individuative. iwá náx̣š kskɨ́s ‘it’s a small one’; čí iwá kskɨ́s wána ‘this is a little river’; kúušx̣i yipɨ́x̣šikan iwá kskɨ́s níit ‘similarly downstream there is a little house’; iƛúpwaawayčɨnx̣ana t̓at̓ałíya kskɨ́sna wánana ‘the ogress would jump across the little ditch’; aš k̓ʷapɨ́n nákttawax̣šamš kskɨ́skni ‘that with which I grew up from childhood’; kskɨ́s áswan ‘little boy’; kskɨ́s músmuscɨn ‘little calf’; ataakskɨ́s ‘extra small’; tamawɨ́n kskɨ́s ‘too small’; čáksksi ‘make small’. For plural see kkɨ́s. [NE waptáy; NW iksíks; NP /kʷ´ckʷc(e)/.]

Smallest, youngest. kskɨ́salala iwá miyánaš ‘it’s the smallest child (of the family)’.

Fast, quick, quickly, readily, hurriedly. kɨ́tu ‘hurry up!’; kɨ́tu kúk ‘do it fast!’; kɨ́tu iwáyx̣tiya ‘he ran fast’; kɨ́tuna áwayčta ɨščɨ́tna ‘we have to cross the road quickly’; páyšnam čáw wɨłq̓ámita kɨ́tu mak̓ínam kú čná paˀíƛ̓iyawita ‘if you don’t hurridly get your moccasins on they will kill you here’; kʷɨ́nkita kú ku pɨnmíin áwinana háašt kɨ́tu ‘with that then her breath went quickly’; kɨ́tu wayx̣tiłá miyánaš ‘rapid runner baby = stonecrop, Sedum lanceolatum, S. oreganum‘. [NP /hámtiˀc/; cf. S x̣tú ‘strong’ & NP /qtu/ ‘more’.]

Forked, bifurcated; spike buck. kƛáa iwá yúkaas ‘it is a forked horn’; tkʷápkƛakƛa ‘fingers’; wɨx̣ákƛakƛa ‘toes’. [NP /peˀx̣seliˀns/; cf. NP /kcaˀn/ ‘meet’; cf. Y kƛáak ‘gapped, jagged, agape, open’.]

Twinned, two of something. áwa kƛákƛani miyánaš ‘she has twins’.

Guilty. čáwnam wá kúti ‘you are not guilty’; kúti iwá ‘he is guilty’. [NE kutí; NP /kútiˀins/.]