Part of Speech: intransitive verb

Sneeze. át̓xiyukšaaš ‘I am sneezing’; át̓xiyuknaaš ‘I sneezed’; paˀát̓xiyukna ‘they sneezed’; át̓xiyukat̓ašaaš ‘I want to sneeze’. [WS & NE át̓x̣iyun; Y at̓x̣ʷín; NP /ˀ´p(a)sn/.]

Roll, roll along. áwqalalaytiša pšwá ‘the rock is rolling down the hill’; áwqalalaytiša k̓píit ‘the ball is rolling along’; pašapáˀawqalalaytix̣ana ‘they would make it roll along’; šapáˀawqalalayti ‘go bowling’. [NE awqalaláyti; NW awqalaláti; NP /húx̣elen/ ‘roll’.]

Roll down. awqalaličálwiša pšwá ‘the rock is rolling down’; itqáwqina ku awqalaličálwiya ɨščɨ́tpa ‘he fell and rolled down beside the road’. [NE awx̣alalátamik or áwx̣alalatamik (Jacobs 1931:144).]

Roll around here and there. áwqalaliin ‘it has rolled around’.

Roll around. áwqalilša miyánaš ‘the child is rolling around’. Diminutive of áwqaninn.

Roll around. áwqaninx̣a ‘he rolls around’; áwqaninša miyánaš ‘the child is rolling around’; pinášapaˀawqaninx̣aaš tíyatki ‘I roll around with laughter’. Compare áwx̣aninn ‘stand around’ (distributive subject).

Rise up and leave. Plural subject. paˀáwx̣anax̣ʷaamiya ‘they rose up and left’.

Stand, stand up. Plural subject. Often occurs without expected nominative plural pa-. áwx̣anaytša ~ paˀáwx̣anaytša ‘they are standing up’; áwx̣anayčtk ‘everyone stand up!’. For singular see túti. [N áwx̣anayk; NP /húx̣elik/; /wsékeˀeyk/ (singular or plural subject).]

Stand around. Distributive subject. paˀáwx̣aninša ‘they’re standing around’. Compare áwqaninn.

Be standing. Distributive subject. paˀáwx̣atuna ‘they were standing around’. [NP /húx̣en/ ‘be standing’; /húx̣elik/ ‘stand up’; cf. NP /wsétun/ ‘be standing’ (animate); /ˀpétun/ ‘be standing’ (inanimate).]

Choke. áx̣ščaaš ‘I choked’; áx̣štšaaš ‘I’m choking’; áx̣štša nusuxmíki pípški ‘he’s choking on a salmon bone’; šapáˀax̣šč ‘fish with a bone choker’; áx̣ščt ‘choking’. [N áx̣šk; NP /ˀéx̣sk/.]

Sit, sit down, sit up. áyša ~ áytša ‘he is sitting’; áyčɨnk aycáwaspa ‘sit on the chair!’; k̓áaptnam áytša ‘you are sitting in the way’; čná áyčɨnk ‘sit here!’; wɨsíix áyčɨnk ‘sit still!’; áyčɨnk smáaskni ‘get up from the bed’; áyša lak̓isá ‘he is sitting down on the end’; iqáˀayča k̓ʷapɨ́n páx̣at pútaaptit wɨx̣aní ‘suddenly the aforementioned centipede sat down’; láˀayč ‘sit leisurely’; ítɨmnayč ‘kneel’; x̣ʷyáyč ‘take a sweatbath’; tamanáyč ‘sit’ (plural subject); šapáˀayč ‘install levirate husband’; ayčtpamá ‘sitting place, seat’. [N ayík; NP /wx̣suˀun/ ‘sit, be sitting’ (singular); /teméyeq/ (plural); /wx̣siˀlik/ ‘sit down’ (singular); /teméyeq̓ik/ (plural).]

Be lazy. ayč̓áwišaaš ‘I’m being lazy’; čáwnaš tún ayč̓áwiša ‘I’m not doing anything’. [NP /hil̓áyn/.]

Rave, talk stupidly, not know what one is talking about. ayayáštɨmša ‘he is not making any sense’. [NP /mmluut´m/.]

Act stupidly, be silly. paˀayayášwiša ‘they are being silly’. [NP /mmluuwi/.]

Be clear (of sky). Mostly interchangeable with aykɨ́tn. aykáatša áw ‘it is clearing up now’. [NP /haykátn/.]

Be clear (of sky). aykɨ́tša áw ‘it is clearing up now’; aykɨ́tna cáˀat ‘it cleared up for a little while’. Ablaut: aykáatn. [NP /haykátn/.]

Be arrogant, act proud, be too good for. Also pronounced cɨlíwi.

Skip-dance, dance the skip dance, “dance Charlie home”. pacalihúumiša ‘they are skip dancing’. [NP /celihúumi/.]

Walk inside. Plural subject. pacáwt̓alaylakša ‘they are walking inside’.