Part of Speech: transitive verb

Stay with. pawɨ́šayčawašanaaš ‘they stayed with me’; áwšayčawašanaaš ‘I stayed with him’. [NE wɨ́šaykuun; WS tx̣ánanuun; NP /wc̓úu/ tx̣ananúun ‘lie in wait for’.]

Finish crossing. iwáyčtaq̓iya watámna ‘he finished crossing the lake’. [N wáyktnaq̓i; NP /wáyiktnaq̓i/.]

Boil, stew, cook in a pot, hot pack. iwáynuuna ‘she cooked it’; kunam kʷaaná áwaynuuta ‘and you will boil that’; iwáynuuša nɨkʷɨ́t čúuški ‘she’s boiling the meat in water’; iwáynuuša nɨkʷɨ́t ‘she is boiling meat’; iwáynuuna tmɨ́š ‘she cooked the chokecherries’; wáynuuni ‘boiled, cooked, canned’; waynuutpamá ‘boiling pot’. [N twáša; NP /sapámtn/.]

Cross back. iwáyčtux̣a ‘he crossed back’; iwáyčtux̣šamš Yásaluusakni nč̓ípa wáx̣wayčtpa ‘he crossed back from Yásaluusa on the big bridge’. [N wáyktux̣; NP /wáyiktoq/.]

Cross back and forth. iwáyčtwayčtša ‘he is crossing back and forth’; pawáyčtwayčtna ‘they crossed back and forth’; ƛúpwaawayčtwayčtn ‘jump back and forth across’.

Pray. áwna pamáwayyawkša ‘let us pray’.

Swish, wag, wiggle. čáw wáawcwɨcɨnk wáłx̣ʷas inmíyaw ‘don’t wag your tail at me!’; iwɨ́cwɨtsa wáłxʷas ‘he is wagging his tail’. [NP /wcwcnúu/ ‘wag at’; /wcwc/ ‘wagging’ (adv.).]

Open the mouth. iwɨč̓áka ~ iwč̓áka ‘it opened its mouth’ (Jacobs 1931:110). See qčákn.

Argue, dispute. Bound in patanawíix̣n ‘argue, dispute’; pawilawíix̣n ‘race’. [NP /wiqwiqn/ (Aoki 1994:901).]

Drift (of snow, sand). páwilaˀik̓ukša sayáykʷna ‘the sand is piling up from the wind’; páwilaˀik̓ukša púuyna ‘the snow is drifting up’. [WS wiláyk̓uk; Y wilák̓uk.]

Leave. iwɨx̣ína ku iwiláalakʷa ‘he put it down and left it’; áwna iwiláalakʷša nɨknínɨm ‘the time is leaving us now’ (said when wanting someone to hurry up); kuna iwiláalakʷša áw ‘and it is leaving us now’; áwna iwiláalakʷɨn ‘he has left us now’; nɨkʷɨ́tnaš kʷná wiláalakʷɨma ‘I left my meat there’; mak̓íš pináwšuwata kumaš aw kú wiláalakʷta ‘presently I shall get myself ready and then I will leave you’; wiyátamawilaalakʷ ‘to leave by tossing out on the way, litter’; wiláalakʷi ‘left, left widowed’. Also wináanakʷ. [NP /nwíhnan/.]

Blow up dust. hulíin páwilapx̣ʷša łɨ́łx̣na ‘a wind is blowing up the dust’.

Tear (of wind). iwiláq̓x̣ša ‘the wind is blowing down the hill’; páwilaq̓x̣a hulíin ‘the wind tore it’.

Blow away. iwiláwaylaša ‘the wind is blowing it all away’.

Race, run in a race. iwilawíix̣na kʷaaná ‘he raced that one’; átq̓ix̣šanaaš iwilawíix̣tax̣na ‘I wanted him to race’; átq̓ix̣šanaaš páwilawiix̣tax̣na ‘I wanted her to race him’; kutaš mak̓í pápawilawiix̣ta ‘and soon we will race each other’. Also pawilawíix̣n. [WS wilawáyx̣n; NP /wilalwiqn/.]

Blow down. hulíyin páwilawɨx̣itša šwíčtna ‘the wind is blowing the rye grass down’. [Cf. NP /wléwqin/ ‘winnow’.]

Blow underneath. páwilax̣aapa hulíin ‘the wind blew it underneath’.

Cover up (of wind). hulíin páwilíilaamkša watíkšna ‘the wind is covering up the tracks’.

Scratch with claws or nails. iwíłq̓anpaaš kitísnɨm ‘the cat scratched me’. Cf. wísk̓anp ‘pinch’. [K wíiłq̓ɨp (Jacobs 1929:190:5, 15, 18, 19); NP /sq̓p/ ‘scratch, pinch’.]

Leave, leave a spouse through death. áwmataš wináanakʷša ‘I am leaving you now’; áwna iwináanakʷša ‘now it’s leaving us (said of the sun when getting delayed)’; anam kú iwináanakʷta imínɨm tamátwaynɨm ‘when your spouse will leave you (i.e., die)’; wináanakʷi ‘left, left behind by death of spouse’. Also wiláalakʷ. [NP /nwíhnan/.]