Act like Coyote, copy or mimic others. paSpilyáywiša ‘they are copying’; Spilyáywišaaš paamiyawáy ‘I’m acting Coyotely like them’; paSpilyáywiša ana kúuš pawáašax̣a náx̣špa tiičámpa ‘they are imitating the way they dance on another reservation’.
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waq̓íšwi
Revive, come to life. ku iwaq̓íšwiya Spilyáy ‘and Coyote revived’. [NP /waq̓iswi/; wáq̓iš ‘alive, awake’ plus verbalizer -wi.]
kʷáyxʷi
Dip net. ku kʷnák ákʷayxʷiya Spilyáy ‘and there Coyote dip netted’ (Jacobs 1937:29.3.1, pg. 66).
tiyánaša
Arrive with noise (said at end of Coyote stories). áw tanánma patyánašašamš ‘now people are approaching noisily’.
látamqatn
Lie on the back. kʷnák ilátamqatša Spilyáy ‘there Coyote is lying on his back’ (Jacobs 1937:31.13.1, pg. 73).
walsáycas
Legend, Coyote story. walsáycas iwɨ́šayčɨnx̣a ánɨm ana kú ipúuynx̣a ‘Coyote stories happen in winter when it snows’; k̓ʷałámataš áw wiláalakʷa walsáycas ‘gladly now I left you the story’. [WS walsákas; K wat̓ít̓aš; Y walsácas ‘legendary character’.]
patíšpatiš
Limbs, twig. x̣ʷɨ́łx̣ʷłna wɨx̣á pánawnɨmx̣ayiya Spilyáyin patíšpatiški ‘Coyote fixed meadowlark’s leg with a twig’. [NP /peticpétic/.]
walsáyct
Telling a legend, Coyote story. ana kúuš paamíin áwača walsáyct ‘as it was theirs to tell the story’. [WS walsákas; N walsákt; /ttwatit/.]
x̣áliš
Wolf, Canis lupus. skáw tkʷaynpłá iwá x̣áliš ‘the wolf is a fierce hunter’; spilyaynmí áwa pyáp x̣áliš ‘Coyote’s older brother is the wolf’; x̣ališmí latít ‘a yellow mountain flower with black stripes, probably dogtooth fawn lily (Erythronium grandiflorum)’ (Thomas Morning Owl). [NP hímiin /h´miins/; cf. NP /x̣enísx̣enis/ ‘rough, wild’.]
tamk̓ikskúla
Clematis vine, Coyote’s rope, Clematis ligusticifolia. Used to fight hair loss (Hunn 1990) and skin disorders (Tilford 1997). Though toxic, a tea was used as a headache medicine. tamqikskúla čáw mún ilúnx̣a ilák̓uuškɨnx̣a ‘clematis vine never burns, it smokes’.
tk̓ʷátunik
Walk upriver, walk upstream. itk̓ʷátunika Spilyáy ‘Coyote walked up the river’; itk̓ʷátunikša ‘he’s walking up the river’; áw itk̓ʷátunikšana Spilyáy ‘now Coyote was walking upriver’ (a common beginning of stories – “he always went upriver, never downriver”). [NP /ˀpsqiléhyek/.]
skʷalskʷalí
American coot, Fulica americana. [NE waˀáwnu; NP /wáwn/.]
x̣ʷɨ́łx̣ʷł
Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta. x̣ʷɨ́łx̣ʷłna wɨx̣á pátunak̓upayiya Spilyáyin ‘Coyote stepped on meadowlark’s leg and broke it’; x̣ʷłx̣ʷłmí tkʷátat ‘cancer root, Orobanche uniflora‘. [NP /qʷcqʷc/.]
q̓áłała
Helmet. patáwawšpšana Spilyáyna ku áwača páx̣at q̓áłała ‘they were clubbing Coyote but he had five helmets’. [K ílk; cf. K q̓áała ‘dish’.]
yáwaaypx̣
Float downstream. ku áyawaaypx̣a ‘and his floated downstream’; ku iyáwaaypx̣ɨma ‘and he came floating downstream’; wɨt̓ápa iyáwaaypx̣a Spilyáy ‘Coyote floated down on a raft’. [NP /ˀyéwik/.]
púˀn
Defecate. ipúˀna ‘he defecated’; ápuˀšaaš áycmaaman ‘I am defecating my little sisters’ (said by Coyote). Possibly from English. See also c̓ɨ́x̣n. [NP /c̓´yn/.]
tk̓ʷáypx̣
Walk downstream. itk̓ʷáypx̣na ‘he walked downstream’; čáw mún itk̓ʷáypx̣a Spilyáy ‘Coyote never walked downstream’. [NP /ˀpsq´wewiti/.]
náwnɨmx̣
Fix, do mechanic work. ináwnɨmx̣šana wayx̣tiłáan ‘he is doing mechanic work on the car’; x̣ʷɨ́łx̣ʷłna wɨx̣á pánawnɨmx̣ayiya Spilyáyin patíšpatiški ‘Coyote fixed medowlark’s leg with a little twig’. [NP /láwlmq/.]
wánš
Thigh, upper leg. itkníšana taxʷɨ́s wánšpa ‘she’s rolling the dogbane on her thigh’; Spilyáy pinátkʷatayiya wánš ‘Coyote ate up his own thigh’. [Y ɨwánš; NP /weyuk/ ‘leg’.]
-yáy
Personifier. Huliyáy ‘Wind’; Spilyáy ‘Coyote’; sɨlksɨlkyáy ‘Cricket’; talyáy ‘Little Bug’; tx̣awnayáy ‘East Wind’; Wawatawyáy ‘Antelope’; X̣ʷaamayáy ‘Eagle’. See also -ya. [NP /-yéye/.]