Part of Speech: transitive verb

Dig roots. ix̣níša x̣áwšna ‘she is digging cous’; ix̣níša x̣máašna ‘she is digging camas’; kunam áx̣nita kunam áwilax̣yawita ‘and you will dig it and dry it’; pax̣níšana x̣áwšna níčtay ‘they were digging the cous to store away’; pax̣níx̣ana x̣áwšna ‘they used to dig cous’; pax̣níx̣ana ana tún iwačá tanán tkʷátat ‘they would dig anything that was the Indian food’; ánakwinax̣aaš kutaš x̣níx̣a ‘I take them and we dig’; ana pmáy pawínax̣a ku pax̣níx̣a pawɨ́npɨnx̣a latítlatitna ‘they who go and dig getting the celery’; pax̣níx̣ana ana tún iwačá tanán tkʷátat ‘they used to dig whatever was the Indian food’; čáwnam mún anam kú áx̣niša kunam átkʷatata ‘never when you are digging them should you eat them’; ana tún páx̣niyayiša ‘whatever of theirs he is digging’; kutaš kʷná ášapax̣nišana x̣áwš ‘and there we were having them dig cous’; at̓úk iwá x̣nít pyax̣ína ‘it is hard to dig bitterroot’; níix̣ iwá katkaatmaamíyay pyax̣í x̣nítay ‘it is good for boys to dig bitterroot’; x̣níyi iwačá x̣máaš ‘the camas was dug’; x̣nínaq̓i ‘finish digging’; x̣níta ‘go digging’; x̣nítat̓a ‘want to dig’; x̣nítwi ‘return from digging’. [NP /qˀni/.]

Finish digging. pax̣nínaq̓iya x̣áwš ‘they finished digging their cows’. Probably short for x̣nítnaq̓i. [NP /qˀnitnáq̓i/.]

Go root digging. x̣nítašaaš ‘I am going to go dig roots’; kutaš wínata ánč̓a x̣nítata ‘and we will go digging again’; áwna wínaša pɨ́t̓x̣anukan x̣nítaša ‘let’s go digging toward the mountains’; kunam páyš wínata x̣nítata kʷaaní ‘and maybe you will go root digging in that direction’; čáwpam x̣nítata ‘you should not go digging’; ana pmáy pamáwšuwaša x̣nítatyaw ‘they who are getting themselves ready to go root digging’. [NP /qˀníten/.]

Want to dig roots. áx̣nitat̓ašaaš x̣áwšna ‘I want to dig cous’. [NP /qˀnit̓pécwi/.]

Return from digging. watímnataš áx̣nitwiya pyax̣ína ‘we returned yesterday from digging bitterroot’.

Dig one’s first roots. ix̣nɨ́mˀuyiša ‘she is digging her first roots’; ačataš kú wínata x̣nɨ́mˀuyiyatata mɨtáłk̓ʷipa ‘because we will go do the first digging on Wednesday’; aw kú kúušx̣i pax̣nɨ́mˀuyix̣a ‘then in the same way they do their first digging’; pax̣nɨ́mˀuyix̣a ku pawapáwx̣inx̣a paamíin kápɨn ku x̣nít ana tún ‘they do their first digging and they get rid of their digger and roots, etc.’; wiyáwat̓uy x̣nɨmˀuyitpamá ‘leader pertaining to the first digging’.

Dig out. ana kʷaaná šuyápuwin ku páwix̣nɨmaytša ƛ̓áax̣ʷna pípšna ‘each of those bones that the whiteman then is digging out’; ana kʷaaná šuyápuwin páwix̣nɨmaytša ‘that which the whiteman is digging up’; łč̓áłč̓amaaman pax̣nɨ́maytša ‘they are digging up the ghosts’. [Y x̣nɨ́mˀat.]

Dig, dig a hole. ku aw kú ix̣nɨ́mna ‘and then he dug a hole’; ix̣nɨ́mna tqúni šíki ‘the badger dug a hole’; pax̣nɨ́mɨnx̣ana tiičámna ‘they would dig the ground’; čáw x̣nɨ́mɨnk łíitk ‘don’t pick your nose!’; ku k̓ʷapɨ́n šuyápuwin páx̣nɨmša ‘and the aforementioned the whiteman is digging up’; ana kʷná aw kú k̓ʷapɨ́n áwa x̣nɨ́mni atámki ‘there then where their large storage cache is dug’; x̣nɨmt̓áwas ‘shovel’. [NP /pˀla/.]

Look for by digging (such as a dog does). ix̣nɨ́mšnawiša lákasna ‘he is digging for the mouse’.

Dig a hole. áx̣nɨmtquka ‘they dug a hole’ (Jacobs 1937:12.11.4, pg. 22); áx̣nɨmtqukx̣ana ‘she would dig through and out’ (Jacobs 1937:12.13.1, pg. 22).