Part of Speech: transitive verb

Misplace, forget how. tamx̣paláykšaaš ‘I’m misplacing something’; tamx̣paláykaaš wášɨmx̣ʷš ‘I misplaced my necklace’.

Hit, throw at. átamyašaaš pšwáki ‘I’m throwing a rock at him’. [Y táyma; NP /támyan/.]

Keep the traditions, hold on to the Indian way, recapture the Indian way. itananáwiša ‘he’s trying to hold on to the Indian ways’; itananáwiya ‘he held on to the Indian way’. [NE natítaytwi; NW tiináwi; NP /ttooqanáwi/.]

Argue, dispute. pápatanawiix̣na ‘they argued with each other’. [NP /talawiqn/ ‘disbelieve, doubt’.]

Pray. tanáymutɨmšaaš ‘I am praying’; pátanaymutɨmna tkʷátatna ‘he prayed for the food’; áwna tanaymútɨmša ‘let us pray’. See also aƛ̓áwiyaša. [NE talapúšak; NW tanamútɨmn (Jacobs 1931:177); NP /talapósan/.]

Burn; freeze burn (as roots from late frost). itánškša ílukš ‘he is lighting the fire’; átanškɨnk ‘light it!’; itánška ílukasna ‘he burned the wood’; itánškša tímašna ‘he is burning paper’; patánškayitanam níit ‘they will burn your house’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷ pátanškɨn x̣nítna ‘(it froze all of a sudden and) it completely burned the root tops’; tánški ‘burnt’. [NP /ˀálik/.]

Go back and make up. itánwana tílaaki ‘he went back to make up with his woman’.

Spear fish by torchlight. túna itápša k̓ʷɨ́pa ‘what is he night dipping at the falls?’; táp̓awi ‘look for with a torch’; tapáal ‘walk around with a torch’; tápintapinn ‘carry a lantern around’; tápwalkʷ ‘fish by torch light’; táp̓aš ‘pine’. [NP /tep/.]

Walk around with a torch.

Fish with a set net. tápatukšaaš ‘I am fishing with a set net’ (Hunn 1990:122).

Look for with a torch.

Cary a lantern around. itápintapinšana ‘he was using a lantern for light’; átapintapinšanaaš ‘I was packing the lantern around’; tapintapintpamá ‘lantern, flashlight, torch’; tapintapint̓áwas ‘lantern, flashlight, torch’.

Make molehill, hump up ground.

Fish by torch light. tápwalkʷšaaš ‘I am fishing by torch light’ (Hunn 1990:122).

Look for with a torch.

Cause to fall (of a sickness), strike down (as by a sickness). itáqawqišaaš aq̓úwitnɨm ‘the cough is making me sick’; itáqawqišaaš payúwitnɨm ‘the sickness is making me fall’.

Put on hat, wear a hat. itáqmaałiša ‘he’s wearing a hat’; itáqmaałiya paƛ̓aapá ‘she put her basket hat on’; áw itáqmaałiša łmáma ‘the old lady is putting on her hat’ (a sign of imminent rain, said when a cloud forms above Mt. Hood or Mt. Adams – Thomas Morning owl). [NP /táqmaałi/.]

Strip feather along its spine. átašq̓kɨnk ‘strip it!’; itášq̓ka wáptas ‘he pulled feather apart along its spine’.

Cinch. itáq̓pa wasat̓áwasna ‘he cinched the saddle’; tak̓páwas ‘saddle cinch’.

Finish at night.