Part of Speech: transitive verb

Be a whirlwind. isk̓ʷlúlapša ‘it is whirlwinding’; watím isk̓ulúlapšana ‘yesterday it was whirlwinding’; isk̓ulúlapnaaš ‘it whirlwinded me’. [NP /spli/.]

Fillet, slice off. islúx̣aapša ‘he is slicing it off’.

Wish for. ismáaƛ̓awiša tílaakina ‘she is wishing for the woman’s things’; ásmaaƛ̓awišaaš wapáwatyaw ‘I am wishing for his outfit’; ismáaƛ̓awiya núsuxyaw ‘he wished for salmon’ (when someone was eating it). [NE smɨ́ƛ̓awi; WS sɨ́mƛ̓awi.]

Continue to look for. ásɨmšnawišaaš ‘I am still looking for it’.

Look at privates. pasɨ́mq̓išana paanáy ‘they were looking at his/ her privates’.

Pick up discards, rummage, scrounge, recycle. isɨ́mskawiya tkʷátatna ‘he picked up the discarded food’. [NE sɨ́mscawi; NP /cápkil̓ak/.]

Eat sitting, eat all the time, be a glutton.

Wish for. pasmɨ́ƛ̓awitanam ‘they will wish for you’.

Raise the buttocks up in the air.

Definition:

Speak, talk.

Examples:

1. kʷnáta kú amíyuux̣ma pasɨ́nwiya ‘there then the chiefs spoke’;
2. sɨ́nwišaaš pláški púuyki ‘I am talking about white snow’;
3. pasɨ́nwišana imaamikíin ‘they were talking about you folks’;
4. mɨlá isɨ́nwiša inmíki ‘he is talking bad about me’;
5. k̓ʷáyš kʷɨ́ł áw ínč̓a sɨ́nwi ‘that much now I too have spoken’;
6. k̓ʷáyš kʷɨ́ł sɨ́nwi ‘that much I have spoken’;
7. ana k̓ʷapɨ́n isɨ́nwix̣a waníčtpa ‘the aforementioned who speaks on the name’;
8. k̓ʷáyš kʷɨ́ł áykɨnx̣ana inmímaaman nč̓ínč̓imaaman sɨ́nwityaw ‘that much I used to hear my elders speak’;
9. ásɨnwiyawak ‘talk to him!’;
10. sɨ́nwiyawam ‘talk to us over here! talk to me!’;
11. áwmaš níya ƛ̓áax̣ʷ aš tún sɨ́nwitat̓ašana ‘now I have given you all I was wanting to say’;
12. sɨ́nwitat̓ašaaš ‘I want to speak’.

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náttun ‘talk, speech, language’;

[NP /c̓íqn/.]

Finish talking. áw isɨ́nwinaq̓i ‘he has finished talking now’; pasɨ́nwitnaq̓iša ‘they are finishing up talking’. [NP /c̓íqnaq̓i/.]

Graze (of horses, cattle). k̓úsi ispátaša c̓íc̓kna ‘the horse is eating grass’; k̓úsima paspátasa ‘the horses are grazing’. [NP /wéwk̓up/.]