Strike (of lightening). Same as lɨk̓ʷɨ́n. ilk̓úna ‘it lighteninged’; ilk̓úša nawinałá ‘the thunder is striking’; íx̣alk̓uk ‘startle, give a sudden scare’. [NP /tqasaˀyáx̣ʷaˀa/.]

Cover up, submerge, such as by a landslide, fog, a crowd of people. ilk̓ʷína níit ‘it covered up the house’; patálk̓ʷina ‘they came unexpected’ (i.e., ‘they covered him up’); palk̓ʷíšaaš ‘they’re covering me up (e.g., many visitors)’; palk̓ʷínaaš ‘they inundated me’; áwna ilk̓ʷíin ‘now it has covered us up’ (said when a lot of people show up); palk̓ʷínaataš ‘they covered us up’; áwna palk̓ʷíin ‘now they’ve inundated us’; pálk̓ʷina čúušin ‘the water covered it up’; p̓uštáyna pálk̓ʷiin pɨ́sc̓atin ‘the fog covered up the hill’; lɨk̓ʷít ‘covering up, submerging’; šapálk̓ʷič ‘bury’; šáplɨk̓ʷič ‘bury (distributive)’; walk̓ʷíč ‘mist, drizzle’; yálk̓ʷič ‘flood’. [Cf. NP /lk̓ólyn/ ‘roll up, curl up’.]