Part of Speech: noun

Indian doctor, medicine man, shaman. ku míimi iwačá nč̓í twáti kunam kʷɨ́nɨm ikútkuttax̣na ‘and long ago there was the important Indian doctor and that one could work on you’; ku iwáta kʷná twáti ‘and the Indian doctor will be there’; twátima ‘Indian doctors’. [NP /twét(i)/.]

Treating with shamanic power, shamanic power. twatíwit táqmaał ‘power hat’ (worn during a healing ceremony). [NP /twetiwit/.]

Hooked stick for pulling down branches. Also called k̓ilyakáwas.

Stick for moving coals around in fire.

Companion. smɨ́tway ‘spouse’; tax̣ɨ́ntway ‘younger opposite sex sibling’; x̣ɨ́tway ‘friend, companion’.

Soup, broth, juice. áw iwá c̓áa twáyx̣t ‘the soup is just right’; twáyx̣t tkʷátat páax̣amt ‘the soup dance’; wiwnunmí twáyx̣t ‘huckleberry juice’. [Y twíix̣t; NP /ˀykt/.]

Western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis); eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). [WS twícawawat; NP /ˀpsqítit/.]

Rifle (historically ‘bow’). patánakwaašayix̣a twínpas ku kúušx̣i apɨ́x̣ ‘they dance with his rifle and similarly the hide’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷnam k̓ʷapɨ́n wapáwx̣ita kúušx̣i twínpaš ku kúušx̣i x̣apiłmí ‘you should get rid of all the aforementioned such as your rifle and knife’; ku kúušx̣i twínpaš iwapáwx̣ita ‘and in the same way he will give away his rifle’; kunam kʷaaná ánita k̓ʷapɨ́n twínpaš ku x̣apiłmí ‘and you will give the aforementioned rifle and knife to that one’. [UC twilpáy.; NP /tim̓uni/.]

Bow. inkaksanmí áwa čɨ́mti twint̓áwas ‘my younger brother has a new bow’. [NP /tim̓uni/.]

Grizzly bear. See wapaanłá.