Function:

Directive.

Function:

Forms verb. Directly attach to n verbs without taking -n away.

Examples:

1. -awa after consonant:
   1. ášawašaykšmaš ‘I’m going on in to you (said when entering the sweathouse)’;
   2. paˀátawaša paamanáy ‘they are going out to them’;
   3. kunamta ičáx̣ɨlpawamta anam kú čɨ́ni iwínata náx̣šyaw hawláakyaw tiičámyaw ‘and he will open it to you when you go from here to a spirit land’;
   4. ič̓ɨ́škawanaaš ‘he lied to me’;
   5. ana k̓ʷapɨ́n ináčičawaša ƛ̓áax̣ʷ ‘all the aforementioned that he brought to us’;
   6. k̓ʷáynaš kúuš itɨmnanáx̣nawax̣ana inmínɨm káłanɨm ‘my grandmother used to tell me stories like that’;
   7. kunam patq̓íx̣nawata ‘and they will want you’;
2. -nawa after vowel
   1. k̓ʷałanáwašamaš ‘I am pleased with you’;
   2. kunata kʷaaná ák̓ʷałanawax̣a ‘and we are glad for that’;
   3. aš kúuš pináˀititamanawašana ‘like I was reading to myself’;
   4. kutaš iwínanawaša šuyápunɨm ‘and the whiteman is going to us’;
3. -yawa after i
   1. wiyánawiyawašamaš šápniyanat ‘I am coming to ask you’;
   2. pápawiyanawiyawax̣ana ‘they used to visit one another’;
   3. wáawiyanawiyawamtk ‘come stop in for a while!’;
   4. alyáwa ‘wager in stick-game’.

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[NE -uun; NW -úun; NP /-úu/; probably from indicative -e plus we ‘be’.]

Definition:

A thing or tool for something.

Function:

Instrument nominalizer. Atttach to nouns

Examples:

1. atáwas ‘bathroom’;
2. aycáwas ‘chair’;
3. capacanpáwas ‘bridle’;
4. cap̓uykáwas ‘harrow’;
5. caq̓páwas ‘ribbon’;
6. cawaanaynacáwas ‘bit (for horse)’;
7. čak̓ukáwas ‘rake’;
8. čawaax̣aapáwas ‘tepee liner, tent liner’;
9. čax̣ɨlpáwas ‘opener’;
10. ic̓ikáwas ‘sugar’;
11. imiikáwas ‘rock used in tanning’;
12. itk̓ʷkáwas ‘straightner (for arrows)’;
13. ɨsk̓páwas ‘button for tepee’;
14. k̓ilyakáwas ‘hooked pole for pulling down limbs’;
15. q̓ɨmkáwas ‘hide scraper’;
16. lawaalaytáwas ‘chimney’;
17. luulikáwas ‘children’s swing’;
18. nakwaycáwas ‘ferry’;
19. nɨkaštkáwas ‘tepee spine’;
20. pak̓ʷaakáwas ‘fork’;
21. pawiyapaanáwas ‘fork in the road’;
22. pax̣aapáwas ‘roasting or baking pan’;
23. sapaˀixáwas ‘soap’;
24. sapacanpáwas ‘horse bit’;
25. sapawak̓páwas ‘button’;
26. saxaapáwas ‘sawmill’;
27. suk̓páwas ‘pin’;
28. šax̣ƛ̓káwas ‘cross-cut saw’;
29. tak̓páwas ‘saddle cinch’;
30. tamastkáwas ‘rope, lariat’;
31. tamax̣aapáwas ‘liner (in dress, vest, etc.)’;
32. tamaynacáwas ‘jail’;
33. tamicáwas ‘cemetery’;
34. tuskáwas ‘index finger’;
35. tx̣nɨmk̓icáwas ‘stirrup’;
36. wanpáwas ‘radio’;
37. waq̓páwas ‘pin’;
38. waasklikáwas ‘wheel’;
39. wastkáwas ‘halter’;
40. wawaanaytáwas ‘windmill’;
41. wawc̓aakáwas ‘nail’;
42. wawqukáwas ‘tepee peg’;
43. wawq̓páwas ‘nail’;
44. wax̣ʷłkáwas ~; waxʷłkáwas ‘key’;
45. wayčáwas ‘ferry’;
46. wiyačaquukáwas ‘reins’.
47. When coupled with nominalizer -t there is glottalization:
    1. šapaluluukt̓áwas ‘sandpaper’;
    2. timat̓áwas ‘pen, pencil’.

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-t̓áwas

[NE -úus; Y -áwaas; NP /-oˀs/; PS -awaˀas.]

Function:

Verbalizer. Forms verb.

Examples:

k̓ɨsáawi ‘be cold’;

sapat̓ax̣ináwi ‘measure’;

tananáwi ‘keep the traditions’;

wiyáalačawi ‘turn around, look back’;

wiyánawi ‘arrive’.

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-wi.

[NP /-ewi/.]