Suddenly, uncaused. ku iqátk̓ʷaninx̣ana ‘and suddenly he would walk around’; ku tíit iqákaƛ̓ina ‘and suddenly he spit out his musk sac’; ku kúušx̣i áqalaqayx̣ita pɨnmíin wáwnakʷšaš kúuk ánč̓ax̣i ‘and in the same way her [the cous’s] body lights up again [with yellow flowers]’; ku kúušx̣i paamíin áqalaqayx̣ita paamíin wáwnakʷšaš ana kúuš pɨnmíin álaqayx̣isa ‘and in the same way their [human] bodies will suddenly light up like theirs [the roots] are lighting up’; kuš k̓ʷáy áw kʷɨ́ł ínč̓a qátɨmnanax̣ɨnkikš čɨ́nči wánaki ‘and that now that much I have told about this river’; ku aw kú Spilyáy iqátiyana ‘and then suddenly Coyote laughed’; ku iqápayuwiša ‘and suddenly he got sick’; qáˀay(č) ‘quickly sit’; qápaničanwi ‘cascade, spill over the falls’; qátamčanwi ‘fall’; qátikʷštik ‘sit and miss the chair’; qátiwaaničanwi ‘slide down’; qátkʷaynak ‘fall down (inanimate)’; qátk̓ʷaninn ‘be left walking around’; qáwa(č) ‘suddenly be’; qáwat̓a ‘slip and fall’; qáwɨnp ‘catch’; qáwqin ‘fall, fall down’; qáwšx̣ ‘stop’; qáax̣ta ‘spill’. Also tqá-, tx̣á-, x̣á-. [NP /tqe-/.]
86 terms start with “q”
qaˀáan
Respectful, behaved, quiet. qaˀáan iwá áswan ‘the boy is respectful’; qaˀáannaš wá ‘I’m quiet, respectful, behaved’; qaˀáannataš wá ‘we are respectful’. [NP /qaˀán̓is/.]
qaˀáat
Out of sight, secretive, in secret. qaˀáat áničɨnk ‘put it out of sight!’; čáwnam šína qaˀáat tún kúša ačanam kú pɨ́nɨm iq̓ínušamš x̣ʷáamični ‘you are not doing anything to anyone in secret when he sees you from on high’; qaˀáat iwá sɨ́nwit ‘it is a secret’. [NP /peeléy̓c/.]
qaˀáaw
Lightweight, fast, quick. ákutak, ímnam wá qaˀáaw ‘go do it! you are agile’; qaˀáaw iwáyx̣tiya ‘he ran fast’; qaˀáaw k̓úsi ‘fast horse’.
qaˀánn
Respect, treat respectfully. áqaˀantanam xʷsaatúmaaman ku łmamatúmaaman ‘you should respect the old men and the old ladies’; áqaˀank ‘respect them!’; pináqaˀantanam ‘you should respect yourself’ (and thus refrain from destructive behavior); pápaqaˀantapam ‘you should respect one another’; iqaˀánnayišaaš pšɨ́t ‘he’s being respectful to my father’; qaˀánwit ‘sobriety’. [NP /qaˀánn/.]
qaˀánwit
Sobriety.
qaˀáwqaˀaw
White (animate), white horse. Also qúyx̣, qúyk.
qaˀáx̣n
Have a sore throat, laryngitis. iqaˀáx̣ša ‘he is getting a sore throat’; núq̓ʷašnaš qaˀáx̣ša ‘my throat is tickling’; iwá qaˀáx̣ni ‘he is losing his voice’. [NP /qaˀáqn/.]
qáˀay(č)
Suddenly sit, sit up suddenly. iqáˀayča k̓ʷapɨ́n páx̣at pútaaptit wɨx̣aní ‘suddenly the aforementioned centipede sat down’; ku aw kú iqáˀayča ‘and then he sat up’. [N qáˀayk; NP /tqex̣siˀlik/ (singular); /tqeteméyeq̓ik/ (plural).]
qáaˀat
Out of sight. iwáwnakikš qáaˀat ‘he went on over the hill out of sight’.
qáačak
Open-mouthed. [K káačak (Jacobs 1929:185:20).]
qášap
Load down, pack on the back after having just picked up.
qášapanax̣ti
Suddenly have crying, accidentally cause to cry.
qáapt
Crowded, packed in, tight.
qaašqáaš
Dark sorrel or roan horse. luč̓ałámtx̣ qaašqáaš ‘strawberry roan’. [WS t̓ašt̓ašwáakuł; NW taaštaašwáakuł; NP /qaasqáas/ ‘milky colored, murky, roan’; cf. /qahas/ ‘breast, milk’; /qeesqées/ ‘multicolored, blurred’; /ksks/ ‘gray-colored stone’; /qsqs/ ‘greenish hard rock used for stone tools’.]
qáaw
Separate, not with the group. qáaw iwá ‘he is separate from the group’.
qáax̣ayt
Fall out. ƛ̓áax̣ʷmaš k̓štɨ́n qáax̣aytta ‘all your teeth will fall out (said when one used dirty words)’.
qáax̣ta
Spill. iqáax̣tana ‘it spilled’; íqaax̣ta ‘pour into’. [Y x̣áyax̣ta; cf. yáx̣ta ‘pour, spill’.]
qáayx̣
Bright. qáayx̣ iwá łk̓ʷí ‘it is a clear day’; qáayx̣ iláqayx̣iša álxayx ‘the moon is shining bright’; qáayx̣ iq̓ínuša ‘he sees clearly’; itamáynačɨnx̣ana áčašpa ku qáayk iqáq̓inunx̣ana ‘he would put (buttercups) in his eyes and suddenly he would see light’; qáayx̣ álxayx ‘bright moon’; láqayx̣i ‘shine’. Related sound symbolically to kiik ‘be clean’ (bound); kyáak ‘clean’; x̣áyx̣n ‘dawn’. [NP /haykáa(t)/; cf. NP /k´yk/ ‘be clean’ (bound); /kykk´yk/ ‘clean, chaste’; /x̣yx̣´yx̣/ ‘white’.]
qčákn
Open the mouth. iqčákna ɨ́m ‘he opened his mouth’; iqčákšaaš ‘it is opening its mouth to me’; qčákni iwá ‘he is open mouthed’. Ablaut: qáačak ‘open-mouthed’. [K kčákn; wɨč̓ák; NP / qséqn/.]