Spoiled, addicted to a particular indulgence. q̓ʷáˀanaš tx̣ána ‘I got spoiled’ (Millstein 1990b).
26 terms start with “q̓ʷ”
q̓ʷáac
Slipped off. q̓ʷáac apɨ́x̣ ‘slipped off hide’ (Jacobs 1929:191:3).
q̓ʷáan
Mashed, smashed. q̓ʷáan áwšayča suspán ‘their strawberries are mushy beyond use’. Compare k̓ʷáan ‘spongy, shriveled up from age’.
q̓ʷáap
Bent. q̓ʷáap átx̣anana pɨtyat̓áwas ‘his spear bent’ (Jacobs 1929:201:3–4).
q̓ʷáaš
q̓ʷáašn
Be belligerent, not participate, pout. q̓ʷáaššaaš ‘I’m being belligerent’; q̓ʷáašni iwá ‘he is belligerent, pouting’. [Cf. NP /q̓ʷs´simn/ ‘insist’.]
q̓ʷáašwi
Be obstinate, bull headed. čáwnam q̓ʷáašwita ‘don’t get obstinant with me’; čáwnaš iq̓ʷáašwiša ‘he isn’t obstinant with me’; iq̓ʷáašwiša ‘he is obstinant’. q̓ʷáašwišaaš ‘I’m not giving in’.
q̓ʷáaƛ
Loose, free, untied. q̓ʷáaƛnaš wɨ́šayča wɨłq̓ám ‘my moccasins came untied’; áana q̓ʷáaƛ iwá ‘oh it’s untied’.
q̓ʷálx̣i
Gill net. iq̓ʷálx̣iša núsuxyaw ‘he is gillnetting for salmon’.
q̓ʷášq̓ʷaš
Great blue heron, Ardea herodias. Umatilla. Also múq̓a. [NP /muq̓e/.]
q̓ʷɨ́c
Slip off. Bound. čáq̓ʷɨck ‘skin’ (Jacobs 1929:191:2). Ablaut: q̓ʷáac ‘slipped off’ (Jacobs 1929:191:3). See also x̣ʷɨ́ł.
q̓ʷiˀišq̓ʷíˀiš
Coffee grounds.
q̓ʷíił
Thrush. WS has q̓ʷíił ‘thrush’; Hunn 1990:325 has x̣ʷíił ? ‘hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus‘.
q̓ʷíni
Swayback horse. čáwk̓a šín pawášax̣a kʷaaná k̓úsina ača kú iwá q̓ʷíni ‘nobody rides that horse anymore because he’s swaybacked’. See k̓ʷín.
q̓ʷláapš
Bare, empty; sheared (sheep), mowed (grass). ayáw q̓ʷláapš pašq̓ʷyɨ́mča šíipna ‘they sheared the sheep real close’. [NP /k̓y̓´k/.]
q̓ʷláwi
Douglas’ onion (Alium douglasii), manyflower onion (A. pleianthum), fragile onion, A. scilloides. This is the onion that is obtained in the mountains. See also šáak. [Y q̓lúwi; NP /seek/.]
q̓ʷłtín
Miss, fail, come off, be disconnected. Bound. šapáq̓ʷłtik ‘rub off’; wíq̓ʷštiki ‘naked’. See also k̓ʷštáyn. [K k̓ʷɨštín (Jacobs 1931:189); Y k̓ʷɨštín ‘be stubborn’.]
q̓ʷłtɨ́p
Strong, able. q̓ʷłtɨ́pnaš wa ‘I am strong’; áwnaš wá q̓ʷłtɨ́p ‘now I am strong’; q̓ʷłtɨ́pnam wáta ‘you should be strong’. See also x̣tú. [NP /qpsq´ps/.]
q̓ʷłtɨ́pwit
Strength. kunam pánimta imíin q̓ʷłtɨ́pwit čná tiičámpa ‘and you will give me your strength in this land’. See also x̣túwit. [NP /qpsqpsnéwit/.]
q̓ʷɨ́pn
Bend, curve, fold. ku wána áw iq̓ʷɨ́pšamš K̓ʷsɨ́s ‘and the river now curves coming around Kennewick’; tamáq̓ʷɨp ‘fold’; támq̓ʷɨp ‘fold’ (dist.); wísxq̓ʷɨp ‘sew a hem’; wiyáq̓ʷɨp ‘curve (such as a road)’. Ablaut: q̓ʷáap ‘bent’. [NP /q̓ʷ´pn/.]