Part of Speech: intransitive verb

Sit upon. iwalapášaša kákya ‘the bird is perching’.

Sit in water. sɨ́mwalapaluun ‘sit in water’; náksɨmwalapaluun ‘sit in the water holding something’.

Sit at the end of a bench.

Perch, sit on a branch, sit high up. iwalápaq̓itša x̣ʷáami ‘he is sitting way up (such as in the bleachers)’; walápaq̓ikt ‘president’. [Y walápaq̓ik; cf. NP /weleq̓ík/ ‘be stuck’.]

Blizzard. iwaláwiša ‘it is blizzarding’. [NP /wlúuyehnen/

Hang down, hang upsidedown (as a child grasping a tree limb), droop down, dangle. iwálkalilša miyánaš patíšpa ‘the child is hanging on a tree limb’; pawíwalkalilša taawáy ‘icicles are forming’; pawíwalkalilx̣a ‘icicles hang down’; taawáytaaway iwálkalilx̣a ‘icicles hang down’; taawáy wíwalkalil ‘icicles’. [NE wálkalk; NP /suulkel´knik/, /suulkelen/.]

Be misty, drizzle. iwalk̓ʷítša ‘it is drizzling a bit’. [Cf. NE wáalk̓ʷik ‘spill over’.]

Walk in a circle. Plural subject. Millstein (1990).

Cross over walking. Plural subject. ku iwáltawayča ánačni kʷná paamipáyn watíkšpa ‘and walking she crossed behind there in their tracks’.

Walk, walk along. Plural subject. pawáltaytiya ƛ̓áax̣ʷ lɨxslɨ́xspa k̓úsipa ‘they all walked one each on a horse’; pawáltaytix̣ana x̣áaayx̣ ‘they used to walk along all night’.

Rise up in the air. mɨ́łnam walúukɨn tamíinawit ‘how much do you weigh?’; lɨ́šwaaluukt ‘northern lights’. [WS also walawak; Y wilúuk.]

Go into water. iwalúuša ‘he is going to the water’. [NW walíin; NP /wéluu/.]

Slide down. qáwašɨmničanwi ‘slide down off’. [NW wášɨmhayk.]

Sit around, sit here and there. iwášɨmninx̣ana ‘he would sit around’.

Flow. k̓ulám iwánaša čúuš ‘the water is flowing deep’; ana kʷná čúuš iwánaša Yakimanmí wána ‘where the Yakima River is flowing’; iwánatˀuyiša ‘it is starting to flow’; iwačá níix̣ wánat ‘there was a good flow’; áwanana tilíwal papúčni ‘their blood ran on both sides’ (in the war). [NP /wélen/.]

Move, move on, move nomadically. wɨšánašaataš ‘we’re moving’; ana kʷná pawšánax̣ana tanánma ‘there where the people used to move’; pawšánata táp̓aškan ‘they will move toward the mountains’; čáwtaš máan wɨšánaša ‘we are not going anywhere’; ana kʷná pawšánax̣ana tanánma ‘where the people used to move’; ana mɨná tún iwačá tkʷátat ku kʷaaní pawšánax̣ana ‘wherever there was any food they would move in that direction’; pawšánax̣ana wánayaw ku kʷná paˀanwíkɨnx̣ana ‘they would move to the river and there they would spend the winter’; wɨšánax̣anaataš táp̓ašyaw ana mɨná pax̣níx̣ana ‘we used to move to the pines wherever they would be digging roots’. [NP /wskeˀéyn/; cf. /wséhnen/ ‘travel down’.]

Start to flow. iwánatˀuyiša ‘it is starting to flow’.

Paddle around here and there. iwšanínx̣ana wánapa ‘they used to paddle around in the river’.

Go down, descend. iwánwiša wayx̣tiłákni ‘he is getting down off the car’; iwánwiša p̓uštáykni ‘he went down off the hill’; wánwik ‘get down!’; wánwim ‘come down!’. [NE támik; NW háyk; NP /tém̓ik/.]

Pass through. Doesn’t occur with the aspects. iwšányaana míimi ‘he has already passed through’; iwšányaan ‘he is passing through’; pawšányaanta máysx ‘they will be passing through tomorrow’; ana kú pawšányaana čná tiičámpa kutaš kúuk pašúkʷayiya ƛ̓áax̣ʷ tiičám ku ƛ̓áax̣ʷ wána ‘when they were passing through this country then they knew all our lands and all our rivers’; pawšányaan ku pawiyáˀanawiša ‘they’re traveling and they’re getting hungry on the way’.