Be soft, pounded fine; rot, decay (see k̓ʷɨ́nn). ik̓ʷɨ́lna núsux ‘the salmon got rotten’; ik̓ʷɨ́lša ‘it is getting soft’; čák̓ʷlk ‘chew’; pák̓ʷɨlk ‘pound, mash’; wák̓ʷɨlk ‘grind in a meat grinder’; šapáwaak̓ʷlk ‘grind in the grinder’; tunák̓ʷɨlk ‘smash with the foot’; k̓ʷlɨ́l ‘very finely mashed’. Ablaut: k̓ʷáal ‘finely mashed’. See also k̓ʷɨ́nn.
54 terms start with “k̓ʷ”
k̓ʷmɨ́l
Too late. k̓ʷmɨ́lnaš wiyánawiya busstoppa míimi iwinána ‘I arrived at the bus stop too late, it had already left’; áana áw iwiyánawi k̓ʷmɨ́lk̓ʷmɨl áw ánč̓ax̣i wiyáˀuyita ‘oh, now he’s arrived late, now we should get started again’; wiyák̓ʷmɨlk ‘be late’. Ablaut: k̓ʷáamɨl ‘late, too late’. [NP /k̓ʷm´c/.]
k̓ʷɨ́nč
Edible pine lichen, wila, Bryoria fremontii. patámayčɨnx̣ana k̓ʷɨ́nč ‘they used to pit barbecue the pine lichen’; ana kú pamáwšuwanx̣ana támayčt k̓ʷɨ́nčna ‘when they would get themselves ready to barbecue the pine lichen’; itamákʷyaša k̓ʷɨ́nčna ‘she is taking the pine lichen out of the barbecue pit’. [NP /hopop/.]
k̓ʷɨnčwáakuł
Gray or green tree lichen, Bryoria spp. (other than B. fremontii).
k̓ʷɨ́nn
Rot, spoil, be mushy, rot away; misbehave. ik̓ʷɨ́nša ‘it is getting spoiled, mushy; he is misbehaving’; ik̓ʷɨ́nša áswan ‘the boy is misbehaving’; ik̓ʷɨ́nša núsux ‘the salmon is getting soft’; wiyák̓ʷɨnn ‘spoil along the way’. Ablaut: k̓ʷáan ‘spongy, shriveled up from age’; k̓ʷáal ‘finely mashed’; q̓ʷáan ‘mashed, smashed’; k̓ʷáann ‘misbehave’. [Y q̓ʷɨ́nn.]
k̓ʷɨ́p
Falls. kúuk pawínana k̓ʷɨ́pyaw ‘then they went to the falls’ (Jacobs 1929:216:11–12). See also k̓úp. [NP /tkem/.]
k̓ʷpɨ́p
Stool (such as the old people used to use); war club. [Compare NP /k̓ʷp´p/ ‘break’ (adj.).]
k̓ʷsíis
Pointed, sharply pointed; canine tooth. k̓ʷsíis iwá ɨstí ‘the needle is sharp’. [NP /k̓ʷcck̓ʷ´cc/]
k̓ʷsɨ́s
Pointed. wɨslák̓ʷssk ‘sharpen a stick’. Ablaut: k̓ʷsíis ‘pointed’. [NP k̓ócac /k̓ʷcc/.]
K̓ʷsɨ́s
Village that was located near today’s Sacajawea Park at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers. It was downstream from Čamná. [NP K̓úks.]
k̓ʷɨ́š
Muddy, soft. Ablaut: k̓ʷáaš ‘defeated, beat’; k̓ʷíišn ‘be slick, slippery’.
k̓ʷštáyn
Miss, guess wrong in the stick game. Also analyzable as k̓uštáyn. ik̓ʷštáyna ‘he guessed wrong’; ik̓ʷštáyna łkmána ‘he missed the bones’; paták̓ʷštayna ‘they guessed him wrong’; ik̓ʷštáynaaš ‘he guessed me wrong’; naptíknaš ák̓ʷštayn ‘I have miss guessed both of theirs’; ák̓ʷštaynaaš naptík ‘I miss guessed both of theirs’; sapák̓ʷłtik ‘dry, dry off’; wiyák̓ʷłtik ‘err’. See also kʷstín. [NP /k̓úxsteyn/.]
k̓ʷštáyt
Missing, a miss, wrong guess (in the bone game). [NP /k̓úsk/.]
k̓ʷyámk̓ʷyam
Blue racer snake, Coluber constrictor. [WS pawilawayx̣łá; K k̓ʷayk̓ʷí; NP k̓uyímk̓uyim /k̓ʷy´mk̓ʷym/.]