Part of Speech: distransitive verb

Pull away, pull from. pápačawiya k̓ʷapɨ́n pt̓íits ‘he pulled the aforementioned girl from him’.

Give a bunch. ápšaniša taxʷɨ́s ‘I am giving them a bundle of dogbane’.

Steal. čáwnam mún tún šína ápax̣ʷita ‘never steal anything from anyone’; ipáx̣ʷiyaaš k̓úsi ‘he stole my horse’; ipáx̣ʷiya k̓úsi x̣áypa ‘he stole his friend’s horse’; kúušx̣i patápax̣ʷiya ƛ̓áax̣ʷ k̓úsi ‘in the same way they stole all their horses’; ipáx̣ʷiya tílaaki miyuux̣míkni ‘he stole his woman from the chief’. [NP /péx̣wi/.]

Repeat someone’s words or singing, reiterate, echo at medicine singing, overpower, come over. ipúušaaš ‘he is copying me’; ipúušaataš ‘he is repeating after us’; ápuušaaš sɨ́nwit ‘I’m repeating his words’; papúušaataš ‘they are repeating us’; pápapuuša ‘they are mocking each other’; ipúušaaš sɨ́nwit ‘he’s repeating my words’; ipúuna táymu ‘he relayed his message’; anam túna ápuuna ‘something which you mimicked’; áwna ápuuša sɨ́nwit tanánmaaman kuna áwilwiyayita sɨ́nwit ‘now we are relaying the words to the people and we will deliver their words correctly’; ipúušaaš sɨ́nwit ‘he is repeating my words’; paˀaƛ̓áwiyayitanam anam túna ápuuša ‘they will plead for whatever you are echoing’; ačanam kú x̣tú iníša tún anam túna ápuuša ‘because whatever you are echoing is giving you something powerful’; kuna papúutata ‘they will go (there) to repeat us’; pápapuuša ‘they’re mocking each other’; sapúukasi ‘copy the words of another’. Usually does not occur with inverse pá-: ana túwin púušana tútawayšana ‘that which was coming over Tútawaysha’; ana piiní púušana láqayx̣it tiičámna ‘he who was coming over the land with light’ (from a song). [NP /wal´mqn/; /mssquˀye/.]

Think of, feel toward. kúušnaš čikúuk ápx̣ʷinawaša ‘thusly I think of them today’; čáwnaš tún ápx̣ʷinawaša ‘I don’t feel right about him’; kʷatya kú míš pinápx̣ʷinawaša ƛ̓áax̣ʷ tún pɨlksá iwíkuša ‘rather then somehow is he thinking of himself— he is doing everything alone’. [N px̣ʷinúun; NP /nekúu/.]

Talk to, advise, counsel, caution. kúušnaš inmínɨm pišišnɨm isámx̣nax̣ana ‘thusly my aunt used to talk to me’; níix̣kiš ásamx̣nax̣ana inmímaaman miyánašmaaman ‘with good [intentions] I would talk to my children’; x̣áynaš yáx̣ɨn pápasamx̣nax̣aataš naamíki sɨ́nwitki ‘I have found a friend, we talk to one another in our language’; ku kʷaaná patásamx̣nax̣ana ‘and that one they used to advise’; iwáatɨnx̣ana ku túwin pásamx̣nax̣ana ‘one would seek a power and something would speak to him’; isámx̣nayišanam miyánašma ‘she is cautioning your children’. [NP /ten̓we/.]

Divide, apportion, distribute, hand out, pass out. tmɨ́š isápipša tílaakimaaman ‘she is passing the cherries out to the women’. [Y táwsayp; NP /ték̓en/.]

Cheat (as in trading), deceive. pasapk̓úsiyaataš ‘they cheated us’; isapk̓úsisaas sapk̓ísa ‘he is cheating me out of root cookies’; isapk̓úsisaaš ‘he is cheating me’; laˀáknaš ína isapk̓úsisana waq̓íšwit ‘maybe he’s cheating my life’; isapk̓úsiyaaš x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘he cheated me out of the money’; čáwnam šína ásapk̓usisa ‘you are not deceiving anyone’. [NW also saptayák, íčlaak; NP /cepk̓úcwi/.]

Teach. pasápsik̓ʷata miyánašmaaman ‘they will teach the children’; kutaš ásapsik̓ʷasana naamí tkʷátat ‘and we were teaching them our food’; pasápsik̓ʷanaataš tkʷátat ‘they taught us the foods’; kutaš ásapsik̓ʷasana naamí tkʷátat ‘and we were teaching them our foods’; ana k̓ʷapɨ́n nč̓ínč̓ima pasápsik̓ʷana náaman sɨ́nwit ‘the aforementioned elders who taught us the language’; patásapsik̓ʷanx̣a šúwat naknúwit nɨkʷɨ́tna ‘they teach them to butcher, to take care of the meat’; pamásapsik̓ʷasa ‘they are practicing’; patq̓íx̣šaataš sápsik̓ʷat wɨłq̓ám anít ‘they want us to teach moccasin making’; ana pmáy pawá sápsik̓ʷani ‘they who are taught’; sápsik̓ʷani k̓úsi ‘trained horse’; sápsik̓ʷat ‘teaching’. [NP /hímteˀk/.]