Companion. smɨ́tway ‘spouse’; tax̣ɨ́ntway ‘younger opposite sex sibling’; x̣ɨ́tway ‘friend, companion’.
1,050 term start with “t”
twayn
Bound root. x̣ɨ́twayn ‘converse with’.
twáyt
Poke out. itwáyta tápu ‘he poked out the marrow’. [NP /tw̓aláht/.]
twáyx̣t
Soup, broth, juice. áw iwá c̓áa twáyx̣t ‘the soup is just right’; twáyx̣t tkʷátat páax̣amt ‘the soup dance’; wiwnunmí twáyx̣t ‘huckleberry juice’. [Y twíix̣t; NP /ˀykt/.]
-twi
Return from. máanatwi ‘return from a root digging day trip’; wiyánawitwi ‘arrive unexpectedly’; x̣nítwi ‘return from digging’. [NW -wi; NP /-wi/.]
twíc̓awałc̓awał
Western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis); eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). [WS twícawawat; NP /ˀpsqítit/.]
twínpaš
Rifle (historically ‘bow’). patánakwaašayix̣a twínpas ku kúušx̣i apɨ́x̣ ‘they dance with his rifle and similarly the hide’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷnam k̓ʷapɨ́n wapáwx̣ita kúušx̣i twínpaš ku kúušx̣i x̣apiłmí ‘you should get rid of all the aforementioned such as your rifle and knife’; ku kúušx̣i twínpaš iwapáwx̣ita ‘and in the same way he will give away his rifle’; kunam kʷaaná ánita k̓ʷapɨ́n twínpaš ku x̣apiłmí ‘and you will give the aforementioned rifle and knife to that one’. [UC twilpáy.; NP /tim̓uni/.]
twint̓áwas
Bow. inkaksanmí áwa čɨ́mti twint̓áwas ‘my younger brother has a new bow’. [NP /tim̓uni/.]
twít̓aš
Grizzly bear. See wapaanłá.
twíx̣n
Lace. átwix̣ɨnk x̣nít ‘lace up the roots’; itwíx̣na wápas ‘she laced up the root bag’. [Y wíq̓p; NP /wíq̓pp/.]
tx̣
Maternal uncle; man’s sister’s child. pítx̣ ‘(his/her) uncle, (his) sister’s child’. See kák, pítx̣. [NP /tq/.]
tɨ́x̣-
Striking, exchanging. tɨ́x̣ˀawtaši ‘wound an animal while hunting’; tɨ́x̣ˀuyi ‘make first kill, feast first kill’; tx̣táyma ‘exchange’; tx̣nánp̓a ‘echo’; tɨ́x̣laluun ‘see reflection in water’. [NP /tx̣-/ (Aoki 1994:730).]
-tx̣
Into fire. x̣átamaatx̣ ‘fall into fire’. See -latx̣.
tɨ́x̣ˀawtaši
Wound an animal while hunting. átx̣ˀawtašiyaaš ‘I wounded it (and it got away)’; patɨ́x̣ˀawtašiya ‘they wounded (it)’.
tɨ́x̣ˀuyi
Make first kill, feast first kill. itɨ́x̣ˀuyi ‘he has made his first kill’; ku kʷná itɨ́x̣ˀuyiya ‘and he made his first kill there’; ku patkʷáynpɨnx̣a ku patɨ́x̣ˀuyix̣a ‘and they go hunting and make their first kill’; ana kú patɨ́x̣ˀuyix̣a ku kúuk pawapáwx̣inx̣a ana tún twínpaš x̣apiłmí ku tiliwalx̣íma táatpas ku tílatat ku wɨłq̓ám ‘when they make their first kill then they give away whatever, rifle, knife and bloody clothes and pants and shoes’; at̓úk iwá qqaanáyt ana kú miyánašma patɨ́x̣ˀuyix̣a ‘the work is difficult when the children make their first kill’.
tɨ́x̣ˀuyit
First kill, first kill ceremony. k̓ʷáy áwača pɨnmíin tɨ́x̣ˀuyit ‘that was his first kill’; ku k̓ʷapɨ́n patátkʷatayix̣a tɨ́x̣ˀuyit ‘and they eat his aforementioned first kill’.
tx̣á-
Suddenly, uncaused. itx̣átipawaaluukɨnx̣ana k̓úsi ‘the horse would always suddenly kick up’; itx̣átutawiyanawišana ‘all of a sudden he poked his head in’; itx̣áwiyatamčanwix̣ana ana mɨná ‘it would drop down along the way wherever’; itx̣áčipšiša ‘suddenly he threw up’; tx̣ána ‘become, happen, occur, stay’ (NW); tx̣áwšx̣n ‘stop, quit’ (NW); ítx̣alk̓uk ‘startle’; tx̣áwaaluuk ‘bounce up in the air’. Also x̣á-, tqá-. qá-. [NP /tqe-/.]
=tx̣a
Maybe. áwnaš tx̣á wɨtɨ́wanpta łwáyki ‘now maybe I shall sing in a low tone while doing it’ (Jacobs 1929:184:5–6); áwtx̣a iwáta lɨ́x̣stya łk̓ʷí ‘now there will be but a single day’ (Jacobs 1937:1.3.3, pg. 1); míšnamtx̣ata kú wáanaynačtux̣šamš ‘how might you then be running back inside?’.
tx̣ána
Become, happen, occur, be born, stay. WS & NW ku itx̣ánana ƛ̓iyáwiyi ‘and he became dead’ (Jacobs 1929:214:7). See wɨ́šayč.
tx̣ápni
Protrude, slide (of a landslide). k̓ʷáy áw ana k̓ʷáy itx̣ápnišamš slide k̓ʷáy iwaníša tx̣ápniš ku čí kʷɨ́ni páwaniča aw kú tápniš aw kú Toppenish town ku yúuk iwá tx̣ápniš ‘that slide that is sliding this way now is named tx̣ápniš and from that they named it then Tápnish then this Toppenish town and yonder is tx̣ápniš (White Swan)’.