Part of Speech: intransitive verb

Be helpful. Bound. wapáata ‘help’. [NP /yáta/.]

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’.

Slide sideways. 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’.