Anything that is boiled for a tea (šux̣ašúx̣a, wiwlúwiwlu, púuš).

Blacksmith hammer. pstxłá ipɨ́stxa ɨstína pstxáwaski ‘the blacksmith worked the metal with his hammer’.

Blacksmith. wínataatas pstxłanmíyaw kutaš aníyayita kápɨn ‘we’re going to the blacksmith and he’ll make our diggers’.

Blacksmithing. ku kʷná pasápsik̓ʷata kutkutłáaman pɨ́stxt ‘and there they will teach the workers blacksmithing’.

Blacksmith shop.

Blacksmith tools, anvil, hammer, etc.

Alder, Alnus incana tenuifolia (mountain alder), Alnus rubra (red alder), Alnus sinuata (Sitka alder), Alnus rhombifolia (white alder). Alder bark makes a dark tan dye. It is used to color moccasins. pašapámx̣ɨškɨnx̣ana psuníki wɨłq̓ám ‘they dyed their moccasins with alder’; patáax̣alux̣ana calutimat̓áwas psuníki ‘they would dye their cornhusk bags with alder (for yellow)’; psuninmí psá ‘alder bark’. [NE apsuní, ɨx̣aˀɨ́x̣a; NW ɨx̣á; NP /witk/.]

Water birch, bitter cherry, Prunus emarginata. Also asnɨ́ps. [NW ɨsnɨ́ps.]

Wart. psɨ́x áwa apápa ‘he has a wart on his hand’. [NP /ˀpck/.]

Rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus spp. Also pšx̣ú. puˀúx̣puˀux̣ psxú ‘tall blue rabbitbrush, chamisa C. nauseosus‘; lámt psxú ‘green rabbitbrush, C. viscidiflorus‘. [NE pɨšx̣ú; Y psxúpsxu; NP /qmqm/ ‘sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) and rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus)’; cf NP /psqu/ ‘leaf; mountain Labrador tea (Rhododendron neoglandulosum)’.]

Pasco, Washington. [NE pašx̣ú; cf. psxú ‘rabbitbrush’.]

Having rabbitbrush. psxúwipa ‘on rabbitbrush land’.

Definition:

Rock, stone.

Examples:

1. áwqalalaytiša pšwá ‘the rock is rolling down the hill’;
2. itamáx̣anp̓aša pšwápa ‘he is leaning against the rock’;
3. átwax̣aynakɨnk pšwáan x̣ʷyáytšyaw ‘roll the rocks into the sweathouse’;
4. aníyi pšwá ‘stone artifact’;
5. kkɨ́s pšwá ‘little rocks’;
6. pšwápšwa ‘rocks’;
7. t̓ałáa pšwá ‘flat rock (used in making ɨpá)’;
8. sayaykʷmí pšwá ‘concrete, cement’;
9. maqɨ́łmaqɨł pšwanmí ‘rock lichen’;
10. tamákukt pšwá ‘rock weight (for fishing net)’.

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[NP /pswe/.]

Father. túta ‘father!’; natútas ‘my father’; tút ‘your father’; pšɨ́t ‘(his/ her) father’; inmí pšɨ́t ‘my father’; natutasanmí áwača náx̣š pát ‘my father had an older sister’; tút iwá ‘it’s your father’; tútin wínatk ‘go with your father!’; ku kʷná inmí pšɨ́t iwɨ́npɨnx̣ana k̓súyasna ‘and there my father used to get eels’; tút iwinána ‘your father went’; tutápnaš iq̓ínušana ‘your father saw me’; iq̓ínušana pšɨ́tpa ‘he saw his (own) father’; áq̓inunx̣anaaš inmína nč̓ína inmína pšɨ́tna ‘I used to see my elder, my father’; iq̓ínwayišana paanáy pšɨ́t ‘he saw his (the other person’s) father’; iq̓ínušana pɨnmíin pšɨ́t ‘he saw his (own) father’; iwapáataša pšɨ́tpa naknúwit k̓úsina ‘he is helping his father take care of the horse’; pšɨ́tin pawášaša k̓áwkpa ‘he is riding with his father’; wínšna miyánašna pásapsik̓ʷasana pšɨ́tin ƛ̓áax̣ʷ tún ‘the father was teaching a male child everything’; k̓ʷáy áwača sápsik̓ʷat inmí pštmí ‘that was the teaching of my father’; pɨnpštmí áwa ‘it’s his father’s’; pšɨtmaamí łk̓ʷí ‘Father’s day’; pšɨtłk̓ʷí ‘Father’s day’. [NP /pst/.]