Part of Speech: noun

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.

Fine rain, mist.

Bustle, dancing bustle. Worn on the back side when dancing. [NP /t̓ic´n̓pat̓as/, /t̓ic´n̓paˀayn/; cf. t̓íican /t̓icn/ ‘buttocks’.]

Fine rain. wáat̓iišk ‘splash’; t̓iˀist̓íˀis ‘fine rain, mist’.

Pica, Ochotona princeps. Same as č̓íin.

Swallow (Hirundininae). May include swifts (Apodidae). páx̣naw pawačá t̓íx̣t̓ix̣ma ‘there were five swallow sisters’. [NP /láwtiqtiq/ (Aoki 1994:315); /lawt̓ax̣t̓ax̣yáya/ ‘Swallow family’ (Phinney 1934:373:5).]

Nickel, five cents.

Grasshopper. [NE t̓t̓ɨ́š; P t̓át̓š (Jacobs 1931:114); Walúula č̓áč̓š (Jacobs 1931:114); NP /qehel/; /t̓qt̓q/.]

Belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon. U & NW [CR šáx̣šax̣; NP /t̓ululxʷ/ (Aoki 1994:817).]

Southern alligator lizard, Elgaria multicarinata. Also pat̓uulnawałá; watik̓ásasa. [NP /ˀap̓ap̓ap̓ap/.]

Rain. Also pronounced t̓úx̣t̓x̣ʷ ~ t̓ɨ́x̣ʷt̓x̣ʷ. t̓úx̣t̓ux̣ iwámš ‘rain is coming’; átx̣uša t̓úx̣t̓ux̣ki ‘he’s worrying about the rain’; t̓ux̣t̓ux̣mí łławt̓áwas ‘rain gutter’; t̓ux̣t̓ux̣mí watám ‘rain puddle’; t̓úx̣t̓ux̣i ‘rain’ (vi.). [NE šx̣aawítit; NP /wéqit/.]

Raining, rain. Typically pronounced t̓úx̣t̓x̣ʷit. iwiyánawiya t̓úx̣t̓x̣ʷitpa ‘he arrived in the rain’. [NE šx̣aawítit; NP /wéqit/.]