Part of Speech: noun

First kill, first kill ceremony. k̓ʷáy áwača pɨnmíin tɨ́x̣ˀuyit ‘that was his first kill’; ku k̓ʷapɨ́n patátkʷatayix̣a tɨ́x̣ˀuyit ‘and they eat his aforementioned first kill’.

Rock slide at White Swan, Washington; White Swan; Toppenish. “Toppenish” is from tx̣ápniš. ku kúuš áta k̓ʷáy panákwaašašana tx̣ápnišpa wánaq̓itpa ‘and thusly indeed they were dancing with that in White Swan on Saturday’; tx̣apnišłáma ‘people from White Swan or Toppenish’.

East Wind. tx̣awnayáy ku Huuliyáy pápatiwix̣ana ‘East Wind and West Wind used to fight one another’.

Warm Springs person. tɨx̣šiłáma ‘Warm Springs people’.

Echo, reverberation, rumble, rolling thunder. [NP /tx̣s´wkt/.]

Echo.

Trader. ku ana kú úyit pawiyánawiya tx̣taymałama aláymama ‘and when the French traders first arrived’. [NE tx̣tuułá; NP /ˀtam̓yaw̓at(o)/.]

Cow-parsnip, cow-parsnip stem, Heracleum lanatum. Also called íiš. [NP /ˀys/.]

Stirrup. Typically pronounced tx̣nɨmk̓icáwas. [Y tinaq̓iktpamá; tunaq̓ikáwaas; NP tolasitkóˀs /tolastkoˀs/.]

Spur, boot spur. Usually pronounced tx̣nɨmpt̓at̓áwas. [NP toláackakaˀs /toláckkaˀs/.]

Praying mantis, Litaneutria minor (?). Hunn (1990:313) He is supposed to be a gambling medicine. [Y tyáwntyawn; NP /kiyéwkiyew/.]

Red-side shiner, Richardsonius balteatus. Also p̓ałaní; táˀattaˀat. [NW p̓asalí; t̓asalí; NP /téˀteˀt/.]

Power song.

Barrel. pasuulíya núsux t̓amúltšpa ‘they salted the salmon in a barrel’. [N t̓amúlkš; NP /wélklyn/; /wélklykiˀns/.]

Soft Basket woman. t̓at̓ałíya iwínamta kunam iyíkta ‘a soft-basket woman will come and she will hear you’.

Next place downriver from Rock Creek (Q̓mɨ́ł), on the Washington side of the Columbia River seven miles east of Wálawitis.

Soft basket. Could also be made of cloth or burlap, also a drum bag. Also called ánay.

Definition:

Function:

Instrument nominalizer.

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Examples:

1. ataymat̓áwas̓‘store, town’;
2. calutimat̓áwas ‘cornhusk’;
3. čawatat̓áwas ‘vessel for fetching water’;
4. ititamat̓áwas̓ ‘school’;
5. kaƛ̓iyawit̓áwas ‘poison’;
6. łławt̓áwas ‘gutter, eaves’;
7. łq̓iwit̓áwas ‘toy’;
8. panatit̓áwas ‘ladder’;
9. pinaq̓inut̓áwas ‘window’;
10. pstɨxt̓áwas ‘blacksmith tools, anvil, hammer, etc.’;
11. pšatat̓áwas ‘large woven bag’;
12. pɨtyat̓áwas ‘spear’;
13. qatiwaaničanwit̓áwas ‘playground slide’;
14. saalit̓áwas ‘scissors’;
15. sapax̣aluut̓áwas ‘fish weir’;
16. sɨnwit̓áwas ‘telephone’;
17. šapaluluukt̓áwas ‘sand paper’;
18. šapaq̓ɨpt’áwas ‘stapler’;
19. šapšat̓áwas ‘truck’;
20. šapt̓áwas ‘pack rope’;
21. tamawaalatat̓áwas ‘hoop’;
22. tamawnat̓áwas ‘throw over’;
23. tamax̣anp̓at̓áwas ‘back rest’;
24. tapintapint̓áwas ‘lantern, flashlight, torch’;
25. taat̓áwas ‘pocket’;
26. tawˀat̓áwas ‘bathroom’;
27. timat̓áwas ‘pencil, pen, branding iron’;
28. tutt̓áwas ‘mortar, mortar and pestle’;
29. twalúut̓as ‘fish net’;
30. twaluut’áwas ‘dipnet’;
31. twanuut̓áwas ‘dipnet’;
32. twašat̓áwas ‘boiling-vessel, kettle’;
33. tx̣ʷnɨmpt̓at̓áwas ‘spur’;
34. wasat̓áwas ‘saddle’;
35. wat̓at̓áwas ‘whip’;
36. wax̣uut̓áwas ‘oar, canoe paddle’;
37. winanuut̓áwas ‘bath tub’;
38. wix̣uwit̓áwas ‘lacing frame’.

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-áwas

[NE -t̓úus; Y -t̓áwaas; NP /-t̓oˀs/.]

Bag worms.