Part of Speech: intransitive verb

Arise. Jacobs 1931:150, 165, 167 Possible root in tamáčayk ‘yell, clap, join in making noise’; tkʷápčayk ‘put the hand out’. [Perhaps from čá- plus ayík ‘stand’.]

Rot. ičáyna ‘it rotted’; ičáyša nɨkʷɨ́t ‘the meat is rotting’; ɨmačáywi ‘talk bad, gossip’; tamáčayč ‘holler around, have a good time’; čáyni ‘rotten, rotted’. [NE c̓ɨsc̓ɨ́si; NP /máci/.]

Marry. Of a man. ičáynačiša pɨnmíyaw ‘he is getting married to her’; ičáynačiya tilaakinmíyaw ‘he got married to the woman’; naamíkni ičáynačiya ‘he married from our side’. [NP /témen/ ~ /témen/ (forms alternate with tense/aspect) ‘go stay with wife’s family’.]

Make noise, interrupt, not respect one who is speaking. ičč̓ɨ́lna ‘he interrupted noisily’.

Itch. apápnaš ččúkša ‘my hand itches’; iččúkna ‘he itched’; ččúkšaaš apáp ‘my hand is itching’; ččúknaaš apáp ‘my hand itched’; ččúkšaaš núšnu ‘my nose itches’; paččúkna ‘they itched’; anam kú áwɨnpta alaˀálaan kunam ččúkta ‘when you get nettles you will itch’; ččúkni ‘itchy’. [NE cayáypn; Y mɨcc̓ɨ́pn; NP /ceyéypn/.]

Scream, squeal. ič̓íikɨn ‘she has just squealed’; pawiyáč̓iikša ‘they are squealing around on the way’. Also c̓íikn. [NW č̓íiqn (Jacobs 1931:149, 152, 176); cf. NP /c̓íqn/ ‘talk, speak’.]

Be intoxicated, drunk. ičíkna ‘he got drunk’; áw ičíkɨn ‘he has gotten drunk now’; ičíkša wínš ‘the man is getting drunk’; číkni iwá ‘he is drunk’. Inez Spino Reves knows this word but believes it is not originally Umatilla. See paláyn.

Have venereal disease. čáw ičikúkiša ‘he doesn’t have venereal disease’. [NP /cenúki/ ~ /cinúki/.]

Spoil. See also k̓ʷɨ́nn. ičiyáwša ‘it is getting spoiled’; čiyáwni iwá ‘it is smelly’; čiyawáw ‘rotten, good for nothing’. [Cf. NE čiyáwn ‘count as dirty, reject because of dirtiness, condescend’; NP /kiˀyéwn/ in /ˀlépkiˀyewn/ ‘not be good enough’ (Aoki 1994:233); NP /sy̓áwn/ ‘suspect, distrust, be suspicious of, fear’.]

Be silly, goofy, crazy. ičkúpna ‘he got silly’; ičkúpsa ‘he is being silly’; čkúpni ‘flirtatious’. [Cf. WS čk̓pn ‘grab by the hair’; NP /cép-ck̓ʷelpck/ ‘twist hair’.]

Go up to the top in fear. pačɨ́mˀɨlɨpna ‘they ran away up the hill and over’.

Climb in fear. ičɨmnáwaax̣ʷaamiša ‘he is climbing in fear’. [NW čɨmnáwiiłtx̣.]

Run away in fear. ičɨmnáytiša k̓ʷáy wínš ‘that man is running away in fear’. [NW čɨmnáti.]

Have something in the eye. ičqúna ‘he got something in his eye’; čqúnaaš łɨ́łx̣ki ‘I got dirt in my eye’; láčquk ‘be smoky’. [Cf. perhaps NP /tq̓óqniˀns/ ‘blinded in one eye’.]

Bend. Y Root in čáč̓wik ‘twist mouth, cause stroke’; waláč̓wič ‘put a belt on’. See c̓wín.

Origin:

čx̣áw (fat, obese) + -i (verbalizer)

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Definition:

To be fat, gain weight.

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1. Examples: áw ičx̣áwiša ‘now he is getting fat’;
2. x̣lák tkʷátak kunam páyš čx̣áwita ‘eat a lot and you might get fat’.

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[N čx̣íi; Y čx̣íin; NP /tsqaˀawi/.]

Be cut, cracked, split. č̓ɨ́x̣ni ‘cracked’; wáwč̓x̣ ‘chop’. Perhaps related to the root in čáčq ‘tear apart’ and wáčq ‘chop’ and via sound symbolism to ƛ̓ɨ́kn ‘be cut, split’ and c̓ɨ́x̣n ‘defecate’. [Cf. č̓qʷ ‘smash, break’ (Jacobs 1931:193); NP /c̓´kn/ ‘be cut, split’ and the NP ablauted /c̓áax̣n/ ‘split, crack’ (Aoki 1994:61).]

Be tranquil, peaceful. haˀáywišaaš ‘I am in a good mood’. [NP /haywán/; cf. NE háaˀay & Y haˀáay ‘satisfied, calm, rested’.]

Pant, breathe heavily, take a rest. áwnaš háašhaašša ‘I am taking a rest now’; áwnaš wáahaašhaašša ‘now I’m stopping for a breather’.

Breathe. čáwnam háaššana ‘you were not breathing’; iháašnašašaaš ‘he is breathing on me’; iháašnawašaaš ‘he is breathing on me’; tkʷáyhaašn ‘breathe hard, pant’; háašni ‘breathed, breathing’; háašt ‘breathing, breath’. [NE haˀášn; NP /hésn/; the retention of *h suggests borrowing from NP and the vowel length an earlier reduplication (e.g., *hehéšn).]