58 terms start with “c

cásunayti

Drag, drag along. icásunaytiya ‘he dragged it along’; icásunaytisa twá ‘he’s dragging the poles’; twáki pacásunaytix̣ana ‘they used to drag with poles’ (i.e., the travois); pacásunaytix̣a miyánašma šáwlakaykaš ‘kids drag their wagons along’. [NW tamántati; NP /nktéhkeˀeyk/.]

cásuničapa

Drag into brush. icásuničapana ‘he dragged it into the brush’. [N tamántačapa.]

casunínn

Drag around. icasunínša ‘he is dragging it around’; icasunínx̣a ‘he keeps dragging it around’; k̓úsi icasunánx̣a lúup ‘a horse is dragging the rope around’; k̓usik̓úsi iwáacasunanx̣a túna ‘the dog drags things around’. [NP /nkt´xnik/ ~ /nktén/.]

cásuwaanaynač

Drag inside. icásuwaanaynačaaš níityaw ‘he dragged me into the house’. [NE cásuwaanaynak.]

cásuwaanayt

Drag out. icásuwaanayta ‘he dragged it out’. [NP /nktéht/.]

cawaanaynacáwas

Halter, rope to go around the nose of the horse and used to direct the horse, bit (for horse). Also čawaanaynačáwas. cawaanaynacáwas paˀaníx̣ana ‘they used make a halter’; ku k̓ʷáy áwača paamíin cawaanaynacáwas taxʷɨsmí ‘and that halter of theirs was of dogbane’. [NP /hm̓pay̓ayn/.]

cáwslayk

Pull back bowstring, open a pocket knife. icáwslayka kskɨ́s x̣apiłmí ‘he opened up his pocket knife’.

cáwt̓a-

Walking. Plural subject. cáwt̓alaylak ‘walk inside’; cáwt̓alayt ‘walk out’; cáwt̓alayti ‘walk along’; cáwt̓aliln ‘walk about’. [Cf. causative sáp-; perhaps also NP /wt̓én/ ‘be gathered, be in groups’.]

cáwt̓alaylak

Walk inside. Plural subject. pacáwt̓alaylakša ‘they are walking inside’.

cáwt̓alayt

Origin:

cáwt̓a- (walking) + -layt (out)


Definition:

Walk out.


Function:

Plural subject.


Example:

  1. pacáwt̓alaytša ‘they are walking out’.

cáwt̓alayti

Go for a walk, walk along, go walking together. Plural subject. pacáwt̓alaytiša ‘they are walking along’; áw pacáwt̓alayti ‘they have walked now’.

cawt̓alaytiłá

Walker.

cáwt̓aliln

Walk here and there, walk about. Plural subject. pacáwt̓alilša piiní ‘they two are walking about’; wínš ku tílaaki pacawt̓alíin ‘a man and woman have walked around here and there’.

cáxcam

Groundhog, yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris. [S čɨkčɨ́knu; NP /cexcem/.]

cáxcam

Playing cards, deck of cards. pałq̓íwiša cáxcamki ‘they are playing cards’. [WS cákcam; NP /cexcem/.]

cáxcami

Play cards. pacáxcamiya ‘they played cards’; pacaxcamíiša yúuk ‘they’re playing cards over there’; pinácaxcamišaaš ‘I’m playing solitaire’. [NE caxcamí; Y caxcámi; WS cákcami; NP /cexcemi/.]

cáxcamit

Card game. cáxcaxmitpa íšna ‘he won at a card game’ [NP /cexcemit/.]

ccáaks

Squinty. ccáaks áčaš ‘squinty eyes’. [Cf. perhaps NP /cc´qen/ ‘be fascinated by’ (Aoki 1994:20).]

cɨcwáyn

Shocking, amazing, surprising. áana cɨcwáyn iwá ‘oh, it’s amazing’. [NP cicwáayn /ccwáynt/.]

cɨcwáyn

Be shocked, amazed, surprised. icɨcwáyša ‘she is shocked’; áccwaynaaš tanánmaaman ‘I was amazed at the people’. [NP /ccwáyn/.]