Wash away (of rain). átamasikatam ‘wash them away!’ (what Coyote would say to the rain to scare his feces children); pátamasika t̓úx̣t̓ux̣in ‘the rain washed them away’; tamasíktamaš ‘I’m going to wash you away’ (as the rain might say).

Turn over. Often said of the earth passing through the seasons and of a body at a funeral. átamasklikɨnk ‘turn it over’; pinátamasklikša tiičám ‘the earth is turning itself over (as at the change of the seasons, or at an eclipse of the sun or moon)’; ana kú tiičám pinátamasklikɨnx̣a wawáx̣ɨmyaw ‘when the land turns itself to spring’; ana kú pinátamasklikɨnx̣a anwíčt ‘when the year turns itself around’; ana kú tiičám pinátamasklikɨnx̣a wawáx̣ɨmyaw pinátamasklikɨnx̣a ana kú iwáta papáču ánɨm ‘when the earth turns itself to spring it turns itself when it will be the middle of winter’; pinátamasklikɨnx̣a tiičám wawáx̣ɨmyaw ánɨmkni ‘the earth turns itself from winter to spring’; áw pinátamasklikɨn anmíwit wawax̣míwityaw ‘now the winter has turned itself to spring’; ana kú patamásklikɨnx̣a tiičám ku kúuk pamáwšuwanx̣a káˀuyityaw ‘when the earth turns itself over then they get themselves ready for the root feast’; pinátamasklikɨnx̣a núsuxx̣uš ‘the salmon turns itself around first (appears first)’; ana kú pinátamasklikta wáwnakʷšaš ‘when the body will turn itself around’; ku pamáwiyatamasklikɨnx̣a ‘and they turn themselves over on the way’. [NE tamásclik; NP /temécklyk/.]

Origin:

Alternative pronunciation of tamasklikłá, which is from tamásklik (turn over) + -łá (a thing, person, or people specifically does something for work or habits)

Definition:

Interpret, translate.

Examples:

1. áwš náx̣škik̓a sɨ́nwitki pinátamašwikta ‘now I’m going to interpret myself with the other language’;
2. kutaš itamášwikta tk̓ʷíikʷ ‘and he will translate us honestly’;
3. itamášwika ataš tún wačá tímani tímašpa ‘he translated what we had written on paper’;
4. mak̓ínam pátamašwikayita sɨ́nwit ‘you’ll interpret my words’.

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[NE tamášwayk; tamásclik; /teméˀni/.]

Spread table cloth on floor. itamátačaytša ‘she is spreading the table cloth on the floor’; átamatačayčɨnk ‘spread the table cloth on the floor’.

Rope, lasso. itamáštka kskɨ́s músmuscɨn ‘he roped a little calf’; itamáštkɨnx̣ana yikɨ́tna k̓úsina ‘he used to rope the wild horses’; itamáštka músmuscɨnna ‘he roped the steer’; itamáštka kskɨ́s músmuscɨn ‘he roped his little calf’; itamáštkša núsuxna ‘he is roping salmon’; tamastkáwas ‘lasso rope’. [NP /teméstk/; /tamác̓aˀk/; /teqilp/ ‘rope fish’.]

Watch while lying down. itamátk̓ina ‘he is lying down looking’; pátamatk̓išana smáaskni xʷɨ́saatin ‘the old man was watching him from his bed’.

Cover up, bundle up. [NP /tamálk̓olyk/.]

Stretch out on the ground. itamátpnita cxuylí ana mún paˀíix̣ta ‘he’ll stretch the tepee out on the ground whenever they wash it’; patamátpnix̣ana apɨ́x̣ míimi ‘they would stretch the hide on the ground long ago’.

Blow upriver. itamátunika ‘it blew upriver’; itamátunikšamš ‘the wind is blowing upriver this way’.

Make a mixture. Jacobs 1929:184:15.

Toss back to one following (such as a child); encourage a child to walk. átamatwanak ‘have him walk!’.

Stack up poles; make a mixture. itamátwayiya twáan ‘he stacked up the poles’; átamatwayik wíwnuki ‘mix it with huckleberries’; átamatwayik tmɨ́šna nɨkʷɨ́tki ‘mix the cherries with meat’.