Part of Speech: noun

Hitching post. pawá áwx̣atun k̓úsima winkštkáwaspa ‘there are a bunch of horses standing at the hitching post’. Also winkstkáwas. [NP /ˀnikéespe sk̓em/.]

Love medicine (as used by a woman). See ɨstúyaytas.

Definition:

Man.

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Examples:

1. wínš iwiyánawi ‘a man has arrived’;
2. ku wínšin pániya nápt wáptas ‘and the man gave her two feathers’;
3. áx̣twayakaaš wínšna ‘I spent time with the man’;
4. páˀɨnna wínšin ‘the man told him’;
5. iq̓ínuša wínšin ‘the man sees me’;
6. páx̣naw pawá awínšma ‘there are five men’;
7. awínšin pawačá ‘there are two men’;
8. wínšin pawačá ‘she was with her man’;
9. wínš púła ‘flowering stage of púła (Lomatium macrocarpum)’;
10. płɨ́x̣ winšpamá ‘western giant hyssop, Agastache occidentalis (šúx̣a)’;
11. wiyáwinš ‘man in a group of women’.

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[N ɨwínš; NP /háma/; /haham/ ‘men’.]

Beaver, Castor canadensis. šapáyak̓ɨnkt paˀaníx̣a wíšpušma ‘beaver build dams’. [NW yɨ́x̣a; NP /t´x̣cpol/.]

Wild blackberry, Rubus ursinus. Smaller than the domestic blackberry and very sweet. patmaaníx̣ana wisíkna míimi ‘they used to pick blackberries long ago’. [NP /ceqet/.]

Arrow nock, the notch at the end of an arrow. iwá k̓úpni wisk̓anpkáwas lak̓ʷikskinmí ‘the arrow nock is broken on the arrow’.

Earwig. hananúy pawá wisk̓anpłáma ‘earwigs are bothersome’; mɨšyú papaˀašłá ‘earwig’ (Hunn 1990:313).

String, thread, twine, yarn. áwawaatk̓ulikɨnk wisxáwaski ‘wrap it with twine!’; wisxáwas k̓ɨštɨ́n ikiiktpamá ‘dental floss’. [NE wisxúus; NP /tk̓ípnen̓es/.]

Spool. míimi paˀaníx̣ana wisxawaspamá ílukaski ‘long ago they used to make thread spools out of wood’. Also walak̓ikáwas.

Sewer, seamstress, tailor. skáw iwá wisxłá ‘she is a wonderful seamstress’. [NP /tk̓ipnenew̓et(u)/.]

Hem. k̓ʷaywámaš wá wísxq̓upt ‘your hem is short’. [Y wísxs ‘seam’; NP /sepéq̓ʷpt/.]

Inseam on a moccasin. A piece of buckskin that is put in between the seam of a moccasin to protect it from wear, an insert to protect the thread. Also used on gloves.

Thimble. wisxtpamá ɨstí ‘sewing needle’. Also wack̓alá. [WS wásk̓alay; NP /wex̣´mkeˀs/.]

Abstractive. ɨmúˀmuwit ‘very pretty, petite and pretty’; pačíwit ‘meanness’; pačwáywit ‘Sunday’; qaˀánwit ‘sobriety’; tk̓ʷíikwit ‘straightness’; tɨmnanč̓íwit ‘tolerance, endurance’; twatíwit ‘shamanic power’; waq̓íšwit ‘life, spirit’; x̣túwit ‘strength’. See also -awit. [NP /-wit/.]

Mourning dove, Zenaida macroura. Also miimím. [NE mítalu; NP /wítel̓uu/.]

Decisor, decider of things. witmiyułánaš wá ináwa walápaq̓ičt miyúux̣ ‘I am a desider, says the President’. [NP /witmmiyunew̓et(u)/.]

Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia. wítwit iwá wanapáyn ‘the sandpiper is along the river’. [NW twítwit; NP /wítitit/.]

Names. šíman áwa wíwaničt ‘what are their names?’. [N wíwanikt; NP /wíweˀnikt/.]

Huckleberry roan with some light color on the haunches. Also wiwluwáakuł.

Dapple gray horse, brown and spotted horse.