Part of Speech: noun

Ridge, top of the ridge, escarpment (landform).

Hunter, man, baby boy. ku iwačá tkʷaynpłá X̣ʷaamayáy ‘and Eagle was a hunter’; ku aw kú pawɨ́šayčɨnx̣a šúkʷani tkʷaynpłá ‘and then they become a known/spirited hunter’; tkʷaynpłá iwɨ́šayčɨn ‘a boy has been born’; tkʷaynpłá iwiyánawi ‘a boy has been born’; miimá tkʷaynpłá ‘old hunter’; tkʷaynpłáma ‘hunters’. [NP /tkʷeliknew̓et(u)/.]

Pertaining to the hunt. ana tún iwapáwx̣ita pɨnmíin tkʷaynptpamá ‘whatever things he will give away pertaining to his hunting’; tkʷaynptpamá táatpas ‘hunting clothes’.

Plateau folk dance, i.e., eel dance, welcome dance, cougar dance, eagle dance, etc.

A natural bridge, now fallen, at Nachees, Washington. Virginia Beavert.

Jack chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Hunn 1990:316 [UC k̓ʷlíiˀ.]

Chinook or king salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha. x̣lák pawá tkʷínat wánašpa ‘there are lots of chinook salmon in the river’; tkʷínat núsux ‘chinook salmon’. [NP /nacoˀq/.]

Bucket, pail, bowl, vessel, basket, cup, pan. iyáx̣aluuša tkʷsáyyaw ‘he is pouring it into the pot’; iyáx̣taša čúuš tkʷsáyyaw ‘he is pouring water into the pot’; átamawaalatak timašpamáyaw tkʷsáyyaw ‘throw it in the wastebasket!’; íkkmiya čuutpamá tkʷsáy lálx̣ki ‘she filled his cup with coffee’; c̓apx̣mí tkʷsáy ‘cedar root basket’; kuukitpamá tkʷsáy ‘cooking pot’; latitpamá tkʷsáy ‘flower pot’; walímtkʷsay ‘tin ware, granite ware vessel’; nč̓í tkʷsáy Xaslúma ‘the Big Dipper’ (a calque). [NP /hik̓ay/.]

Small cup or pot.

Walker, one who walks. [NW tk̓ʷanatiłá; NP /ˀpsqiliknew̓etu/.]

Hallway.

Leader. Also pronounced tk̓ʷawat̓wiłá. ačanam kú wá ím tk̓ʷawat̓uyiłá ‘because you are the leader’.

Straightness, correctness. [NP tuk̓uxnéewit /tk̓ʷknéwit/.]

The crack of dawn. tk̓ʷiikʷx̣áyx̣tyawna áwšuwata ‘we will get him ready at the crack of dawn’.

Fox, red fox (Vulpes vulpes), gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus). [NP /tl´peˀ/.]