Part of Speech: intransitive verb

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’.

Go into brush. áwna wápašata kkáasuyaw ‘now we will be going into the serviceberry brush’; wápaši ‘into brush’. [NP /wépe/.]

Paddle away from shore. iwšápniša ‘he is paddling away from shore’; iwšápniyawašaaš ‘he is rowing out after me’; áwšapniyawak ‘go out after him! (as when one is drowning)’.

Choke. iwapqúyna ‘he choked’; iwapqúyša pípški ‘he is choking on the bone’; čáwnam q̓ínuta iwapqúyta qíluš míš tún ‘you shouldn’t look, the red tailed or which ever hawk might choke’. [NP /ˀéx̣sk/.]

Drop out of a herd or group. iwaqášwiša ‘he is dropping out of the group’.

Revive, come to life. ku iwaq̓íšwiya Spilyáy ‘and Coyote revived’. [NP /waq̓iswi/; wáq̓iš ‘alive, awake’ plus verbalizer -wi.]

Look around with the head down. iwáqʷatuskliin ‘he has his put his head down and is looking around’; iwáqʷatusklisklisa ‘he has his head down looking all around’.

Be saddle sore (of a horse). kuš k̓úsi wásɨmtq̓ʷx̣a ‘and my horse got saddle sore’.

Join, attach. wátaki iwá šiikʷšíikʷ ‘the horsetail is joined together’; pašapáwatakša ánč̓ax̣i walptáykaš ‘they’re adding on more songs’.

Step. iwatíkša watikšpamápa ‘he is stepping on the footpath’. [NP /watik/.]

Dash out, go suddenly. pawátkʷiya súlcasma ‘the soldiers charged out quickly’; wátkʷiyawa ‘charge after’. [NP /tqekeˀéyk/.]

Want to lie down. watx̣ɨ́nam pináwšat̓aša ‘do you want to lie down?’.

Be first, go ahead, take the lead, lead. amaš wát̓uyi ‘you may go ahead’; iwát̓uyiya ‘he went ahead’; iwát̓uyiša ‘she is taking the lead’; k̓ʷáy iwát̓uyiša sɨ́nwit naamí ‘that language of ours is taking the lead’; px̣ʷítk wíyat wát̓uy ‘think far ahead!’; nákwat̓uyi ‘lead at longhouse wáašat‘; tk̓ʷáwat̓uyi ‘walk ahead, take the lead’; wiyáwat̓uyi ‘take the lead’. [NP /ˀnóqti/.]

Break down, quit working. wáƛ̓kaaš wayx̣tiłá ‘my car has broken down’; iwáƛ̓ka inmí wayx̣tiłá ‘my car has broken down’; wáƛ̓kanaaš k̓úsi ‘my horse (or car) broke down’.

Be quiet. wáčukɨnk ‘be quiet!’; iwáčukša ‘he is keeping quiet’; anamta wáčuktax̣na ‘you could be quiet for awhile!’. [NP /was´wk/.]

Sprout. iwáwˀata ‘it sprouted’; iwáwˀatɨn šáax̣ kúušx̣i lapatáat ‘the onions and potatoes have sprouted’.

Beg. áana áw čí iwámš wáwˀaƛ̓awyanat x̣ax̣áykʷyaw ‘oh now this one is coming to beg for money’.

Be spring time. iwawáx̣ɨmiša ‘it is getting spring’; iwawáx̣ɨmiya ‘it turned to spring’; ana kú iwawáx̣ɨmita ‘when it will turn to spring’; naamí tkʷátat ana k̓ʷapɨ́n ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a ana kú iwawáx̣ɨmix̣a ‘our food which grows when it becomes spring’; ana kú iwawáx̣ɨmix̣ana ku pamáwšuwanx̣ana ‘when it would start getting spring they would get themselves ready’; ana kú iwawáx̣ɨmita ku kúuk pattáwax̣ta naamí tkʷátat ‘when it will turn to spring then our food will grow’; ana kú iwawáx̣ɨmix̣ana ‘when it would become spring’; wawáx̣ɨmit ‘getting to be spring’. [NW wúux̣mi; NP /wewéx̣wi/ ‘return from a spring stay’.]

Return to spring (season). áw pinátamasklikɨn anmíwit wawax̣míwityaw ‘now the winter is returning to summer’; papáču wawax̣míwit ‘summer’.

Hatch. iwáwp̓kša pítpit ‘the baby chicks are hatching’; áw iwáwp̓kɨn ‘they have hatched now’; áw áwawp̓ksa wašwašnunmí tamám ‘now the hens eggs are hatching’; iwáwp̓kša kkɨ́sma wašwášnuma ‘the little chickens are hatching’; áw áwawp̓kša wašwašnunmí tamám ‘now the hen’s eggs are hatching’; šapáwawp̓k ’cause to hatch, hatch’. Used transitively at least in the following: iwáwp̓kša wašwášnu píitpiitma ‘the chicken is hatching her chicks’. [NP /wáwt̓kʷck/.]