Part of Speech: intransitive verb

Move from one place to another. payát̓ax̣ana ‘they would move from one camp to another’; áwna yát̓aša ‘we are moving (someplace for a day and then we will move again)’; sxʷyát̓a ‘wipe buttocks’; tamáwaayat̓a ‘switch’; wápyat̓a ‘wash the hands’; wiyáat̓a ‘move over’; wɨšiyát̓a ‘move to another location’. [Cf. NP /yet̓e/ (Aoki 1994:945).]

Be wet. yáƛ̓pišaaš ‘I am wet’; áwnaš yáƛ̓pi ‘now I have gotten wet’; íyaƛ̓pi ‘pour, moisten, water’; ɨ́mčayaƛ̓pi ‘wet with the mouth’; yáƛ̓pit ‘wet, moist’. [NP /ˀyélp/; /silqn/; /ˀyésilqn/; /ˀyemlúyk/.]

Ride on a raft, canoe. iyáwašaša k̓áwkpa ‘he is riding in the boat’.

Hang onto in the water (as snails or eels). asúm iyáwaač̓aakša wílapspa ‘an eel is hanging on to the sturgeon’.

Definition:

To slide sideways.

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Examples:

iyáwaac̓wiksa k̓úsipa ‘he is sliding sideways on the horse’.

Drift ashore. iyáwaalaytk̓iya ‘it drifted ashore’. [Y yáwiipyuk; NP /ˀyaláhtq̓i/.]

Wade into water. iyáwašaluuša ‘he is wading into the water’.

Drown. ana pmáy payáwaanaynača wánapa ‘they who drowned in the river’; ku čí ana k̓ʷapɨ́n iyáwaanaynača čná ‘and this aforementioned who drowned here’. [NE yáwaanaynak; yáwaap; NW yáwiiłamayk; NP /tqúu/.]

Float out. iyáwaanata ‘it floated out’. [NW yáwiinat; NP /ˀyeléht/.]

Catch a ride. iyáwaawašaša pšɨtmípa ‘he caught a ride with his father’. [NE tx̣átamuun.]

Float downstream. ku áyawaaypx̣a ‘and his floated downstream’; ku iyáwaaypx̣ɨma ‘and he came floating downstream’; wɨt̓ápa iyáwaaypx̣a Spilyáy ‘Coyote floated down on a raft’. [NP /ˀyéwik/.]

Wade, wade along in water. iyáwašunaytiša watámpa ‘he is wading along in the lake’. [Y yáx̣ʷnati; NP /watóo/.]

Wade around. iyáwašunanx̣a ‘he wades around’. [NE yúušwaaninn; Y yáx̣ʷnin.]

Float, float along, float away, drown. iyáwaynaša čí ‘this is floating along’; ku payáwaynana ‘and they floated away’; ášapayawaynak ‘wash them away!’; kʷná áwa wáx̣wayčt ku kʷná pawaalúuna ku payáwaynana ‘they had the bridge there and there they drove into the water and drowned’. [NP /télen/.]

Flood. iyáwinaša ‘it is flooding’. [NP /télen/.]

Float here and there, float around. áwtik̓a iyáwtanina čáwašpa tiičám ‘the land did not float around on the water haphazardly’ (Joe Hunt, 6-24-29). [NP /ˀiyel´xnik/.]

Be bad, be of an ugly disposition. payáyšɨnx̣a miyánašma ‘children get in a bad attitude’.

Go downstream. yipɨ́x̣šaaš ‘I’m going downstream’; iyipɨ́x̣na ‘he went downstream’; payipɨ́x̣ša ‘they are going downstream’; payipɨ́x̣ša kkɨ́sma xúlxulma ‘the smelt are going downstream’; núsux iyipɨ́x̣ša ‘salmon are going downstream’; maykyipɨ́x̣šikanam yipɨ́x̣ta ‘you will go further downstream’; tk̓ʷáypx̣ ‘walk downstream’; tamáypx̣ ‘blow downriver’; wáypx̣ ‘go downstream’; wɨšyípɨx̣n ‘move downstream’; yáwaaypx̣ ‘float downstream’. Ablaut: yáapx̣i ‘downriver’. [NP /wik/ (bound).]

Be soft. Perhaps more accurately yuk̓ɨ́tn. ímiikɨnk apɨ́x̣ kumaš yuk̓átta ‘work your hide and it will get soft’; iyuk̓átna apɨ́x̣ ‘the hide got soft’. Ablaut: yuk̓áat ‘soft’.

Assemble, gather together, congregate. Jacobs 1929:211:9, 10, 11; 1937:1.1.3, pg. 1; 13.5.2, pg. 24 payúumša ‘they are gathering from all around’; iyúumna tíin ƛ̓áax̣ʷ ‘all the people assembled’ (Jacobs 1929:178:7–8); páyuumn ‘have fun, celebrate’. [U wiyák̓uk.]