Part of Speech: transitive verb

Peg down. Distributive of wáquuk. vt. Stake down. iwáwquka c̓x̣uuylína ‘he pegged the tepee down’; iwáwquka wawqukáwaski ‘he pegged the tepee down with pegs’; wawqukáwas ‘tepee peg’.

Pound nails, nail down, pound down. iwáwq̓pša ‘he is pounding in nails’; iwáwq̓pa šáx̣aaptna ‘he nailed the boards down’; wawk̓páwas ‘nail’. [NP /wec̓éˀk/.]

Yell at, snap at, bark at. iwáwtiwišaaš k̓usik̓úsinɨm ‘the dog is barking at me’.

Mistreat, trick. pánim tún umíšmaš wáwtk̓iwita ‘give me something or I’ll trick you’.

Be confident, assertive, straightforward. wáwtɨnwitanam ‘you should be confident’; áwawtɨnwik ‘stand up to him’. [NP /wáwtlwi/.]

Chip, chip off chips. iwáwƛ̓iipša ílukas wacúqtki ‘he is chipping chips off wood with his axe’. Distributive of wáƛ̓iip.

Club to death. Distributive of wáƛ̓ič. [NP /wewpéˀk/.]

Shake down, drop down, peck off. iwáwšukša pátaatkni ‘he is picking things off the tree’.

Examine closely. k̓íš wináta ana kʷná pawá płɨx̣iłáma k̓íš pawawšúwyata ‘I’m going where the doctors are—they will examine me’.

Beat off. x̣áyin páwawx̣twapatiya ‘his friend beat him off’ (Jacobs 1929:189:4).

Chop into pieces, cut up firewood. Distributive object. iwáwx̣ƛ̓kša ílukasna ‘he is chopping up the wood’. [NP /wáwc̓k/.]

Hit, strike, whip, spank, discipline. áw iwámš k̓ípam kú iwawyáta ‘he’s coming now, he’s going to whip you folks’; iwáwyataaš ‘he will whip me’; kutaš pawáwyax̣ana ‘and they used to whip us’; čáwtaš mún iwáwyana isámx̣nax̣anaataš ‘he never whipped us, he used to talk to us’; páwawyana pɨnmipáyn k̓úpašpa ‘he whipped him on his back’; páwawyanayiya paanáy k̓úpaš ‘he whipped his back’; šapáwawya ’cause to whip’; wáwyani ‘whipped’; pawawyałá ‘whipman’. [NP /wáwyan/.]

Throw down, lay down, pile. iwax̣íča twá ‘he laid his tepee poles down’. [K wax̣ík (Jacobs 1929:203:15–16; 1937:16.7.2, pg. 30); NP /híl̓amk/.]

Grind with a grinder. iwáx̣ɨmkša ‘she is grinding’; wáx̣ɨmki iwá ɨst̓xʷswáakuł ‘the corn is ground’.

Cut open. wáx̣ɨntkɨnk lisáak ‘cut the sack open!’.

Hug, embrace, put arms about. iwáx̣pa paanáy ‘he put his arms around her’; pápawax̣pɨnx̣a skúulpa miyánašma míšata kʷá ‘the children hug one another at school, oh the shame!’. [NP /waqlp/.]

Cut with scythe. Individuative object. pawáx̣ƛ̓kɨnx̣ana c̓íc̓k míimi ku čáw čikúuk ‘they used to cut grass with the scythe long ago but not today’. [NP /wac̓k/.]

Paddle. iwax̣úuna wásas ‘he paddled his canoe’; iwax̣úuša wásasna ‘he is paddling the canoe’; wax̣úušaaš k̓áwk ‘I’m paddling my canoe’; iwax̣úuna wásas ‘he paddled his canoe’; wax̣uutpamá ‘oar, paddle’; wax̣uut̓áwas ‘oar, canoe paddle’. [WS wáx̣aa; PR wámuyn; Y wɨšanáti (twalíin ‘paddle leisurely’); NP /wselp/.]

Untie, unlock. iwáx̣ʷłka pčɨ́šna wax̣ʷłkáwaski ‘he opened the door with his key’; iwáx̣ʷłka wɨłq̓ám ‘he is untying his shoes’; wax̣ʷłkáwas ‘key’. [NP /waxʷ´łk/.]

Cross, go across. wáyčɨnk ‘cross over!’; áwayčɨnk wánaan ‘cross the river!’; ku pawáyčɨma atáčuušna ‘and they came across the ocean’; ku pawáytšana ‘and they were crossing’; áwna áwayčtax̣na ɨščɨ́tna čná ‘now we can cross the road here (it had been closed)’; čaanánam nč̓ína wánaan áwaytša ‘you are crossing this big river’; áwš wáyčat̓ašaykš ‘I want to cross on over now’; láwaalawayč ‘cross over (of heat)’; pníwayč ‘not want to do more’; šúuwayč ‘swim across’; tamántawayč ‘lead or pull across’; tamáwaawayč ‘throw across’; táwayč ‘weave the dipnet’; ƛúpwaawayč ‘jump across’; wáawayč ‘run across’; wáltawayč ‘walk across’; wáyčtnaq̓i ‘finish crossing’; wáyčtux̣ ‘cross back’; wáyčtwayčtn ‘cross back and forth’; wiyáwayč ‘go across’; wɨšáwayč ‘row across’; yáwašwayč ‘wade across’; waycáwas ‘ferry’; wáyčt ‘across’. [N wáyk; NP /wéyik/.]