Part of Speech: transitive verb

Cover up, bundle up. [NP /tamálk̓olyk/.]

Stretch out on the ground. itamátpnita cxuylí ana mún paˀíix̣ta ‘he’ll stretch the tepee out on the ground whenever they wash it’; patamátpnix̣ana apɨ́x̣ míimi ‘they would stretch the hide on the ground long ago’.

Blow upriver. itamátunika ‘it blew upriver’; itamátunikšamš ‘the wind is blowing upriver this way’.

Make a mixture. Jacobs 1929:184:15.

Toss back to one following (such as a child); encourage a child to walk. átamatwanak ‘have him walk!’.

Stack up poles; make a mixture. itamátwayiya twáan ‘he stacked up the poles’; átamatwayik wíwnuki ‘mix it with huckleberries’; átamatwayik tmɨ́šna nɨkʷɨ́tki ‘mix the cherries with meat’.

Throw into fire. kúuk áyat ápinatamatx̣na ílkʷšyaw ‘then the woman cast herself into the fire’ (Jacobs 1937:31.10.4, pg. 73). x̣átamatx̣ ‘fall into fire’.

Throw at and break. patamát̓kuka pinaq̓inut̓áwasna ‘they broke the window’.

Patch, bandage a cut or wound. itamáƛ̓aakša wɨłq̓ám ‘he is patching his moccasin’; tamáƛ̓aaki ‘patched’. [NE tíx̣lɨšt̓ɨx̣ ‘sew, patch’ (Jacobs 1931:159).]

Break by throwing. itamáƛ̓ka ‘he threw and broke it’.

Throw and chip. átamaƛ̓ɨmtkɨnk ‘throw and chip it!’.

Cover up, cover over (as with a blanket, canvas, tarp). patamáƛ̓ɨmx̣ʷa miyánašna útpaski ‘they covered the child with the blanket’; itamáƛ̓ɨmux̣a ílukasna lisáaki ‘he covered the wood up with a tarp’; ku útpaski patáwitamaƛ̓mx̣ʷɨnx̣a ‘and they cover each with blankets’; kʷaana waničtna patátamaƛ̓mx̣ʷɨnx̣a ‘they cover up that name (with blankets at a naming ceremony)’; iwáatamaƛ̓ɨmx̣ʷa ‘she covered it up for a while’; tamáƛ̓ɨmux̣i ‘covered’. [Y tamáƛ̓umx̣; NP /híkteˀk/.]

Ride on, ride flopped over (horse). patamáwašašana ámčni pickuppa ‘they were riding outside the pickup (in the truck bed)’; itamáwašaša k̓úsina ‘he is riding flopped over the horse’.

Put together. itamáwaak̓uka ‘he put it together’.

Throw and break. itamáwaak̓upa ‘he threw it and broke it’. [NP /temék̓uup/.]

Play basketball, throw basketball through hoop, make a basket. patamáwaalataša ‘they’re playing basketball’; itamáwaalataša k̓píitna ‘he is throwing the basket ball into the hoop’; átamawaalatak timašpamáyaw tkʷsáyyaw ‘throw it in the wastebasket!’. [Y tamáwiinaynak; NP /tuulete/.]

Throw in the fire. itamáwaalatx̣a ‘he threw it into the fire’. [NP /toolat´q/.]

Throw into the back of a room.

Toss up in the air, throw a basketball. átamawaaluukɨnk ‘throw it upward!’; itamáwaaluukša k̓píitna ‘he threw the ball upward’; itamáwaaluukša pšwáan ‘he is throwing the rock up in the air’; iwɨ́npa ílkʷasna ku itamáwaaluuka x̣ʷáamičan ‘he grabbed the stick and threw it upward’; wiyátamawaaluuk ‘toss up in the air while walking along’. [NW tamáwiiluuk; NP /tooláhsa/.]

Pile up, stack up; throw upward (WS). patamáwaałtx̣ša ‘they’re piling up, stacking up’; itamáwaałtx̣a ílukas ‘he stacked his wood’. [NW támawiiłtx̣ (Jacobs 1931:185, 196); NP /tóotpiyak/; /híl̓amk/; etc.]