Be first, go ahead, take the lead, lead. amaš wát̓uyi ‘you may go ahead’; iwát̓uyiya ‘he went ahead’; iwát̓uyiša ‘she is taking the lead’; k̓ʷáy iwát̓uyiša sɨ́nwit naamí ‘that language of ours is taking the lead’; px̣ʷítk wíyat wát̓uy ‘think far ahead!’; nákwat̓uyi ‘lead at longhouse wáašat‘; tk̓ʷáwat̓uyi ‘walk ahead, take the lead’; wiyáwat̓uyi ‘take the lead’. [NP /ˀnóqti/.]
wát̓uyiyaša
Break a horse. wát̓uyiyašataaš k̓úsi wakmuykáł ‘I will gentle the horse without bucking’. [NP /wécet̓uyi/.]
wat̓uyiyašałá
Horse breaker. [NP /wecet̓uyiyet(u)/.]
wat̓uyłá
Point man who takes the lead when bringing in wild horses. šáax̣ iwá kútkut anam kú wáta wat̓uyłá ‘it is scary work when you will be the point man’.
wat̓uymá
The eldest. tmiyułá iwatáx̣na wat̓uymá ‘the eldest would be the decider’; wat̓uymá iwá ‘he is the eldest’. [NP /téq̓is/.]
wát̓uyčni
In front, ahead, from in front. Also pronounced wát̓ični. čáwnam pátukta aycáwas wát̓uyčni ‘don’t put chairs in front’; kupam wát̓uyčni áničta čaaná walptáykašna imaamipáyn tɨmnápa ‘and you should put these songs ahead in your hearts’. [N wát̓uyčnik.]
wáƛ̓ič
Club to death, club fish (as they do on the scaffold). ƛ̓íyawit iwáƛ̓iča kʷaaná ‘he beat that one to death’; iwáƛ̓itša núsuxna ‘he is clubbing the salmon’; áwaƛ̓ičɨnk ‘club him to death!’. [NE wáƛ̓ik; NP /wepéˀk/.]
wáƛ̓iip
Knock off, chip off. iwáƛ̓iipša ‘he is knocking off a chip’; pátaatna iwáƛ̓iipa ‘he knocked [a slab of bark] off a tree’.
wáƛ̓ikas
Small drum stick used to hit the pole in the stick-game songs. panášaša wáƛ̓ikaski palyáwatpa ‘they are making noise with their sticks at the stick game’.
waƛ̓ikáwas
Club, stick for killing animals (such as mice, snakes).
wáƛ̓iyawi
Beat to death. wáƛ̓iyawix̣aaš pyúš ‘I beat snakes to death’.
wáƛ̓k
Chop, split. ku patáwax̣ƛ̓ka náx̣šna k̓áwkna ‘and they chopped one canoe in half’; wáƛ̓kɨnk ílukas čáynač ‘chop the wood, new in-law!’. [NP /wac̓´k/.]
wáƛ̓ka
Break down, quit working. wáƛ̓kaaš wayx̣tiłá ‘my car has broken down’; iwáƛ̓ka inmí wayx̣tiłá ‘my car has broken down’; wáƛ̓kanaaš k̓úsi ‘my horse (or car) broke down’.
waƛ̓káwas
Hatchet, tomahawk. [NP /wáwyan̓ac/.]
wáƛ̓ɨmtk
Chip, knap. ápsna iwáƛ̓ɨmtka tanínšay ‘he chipped flint for the arrowhead’; wáƛ̓ɨmtki ‘chipped’. [NP /wet̓´q/.]
wáƛ̓ɨmtki
Chipped. pináq̓inutawas iwá wáƛ̓ɨmtki ‘the window is chipped’; pataatmí wáƛ̓ɨmtki ‘chipped hole in a tree’. [NP /wet̓´qiˀns/.]
wáƛ̓ɨmux̣
Cover up, recover. ičúna cáˀat ku šwát̓ašin páwaƛ̓ɨmx̣ʷa ‘the sun shined a while and then a cloud covered it up’; watx̣ɨ́nam áwaƛ̓ɨmx̣ʷa ‘did you cover it up again?’. [NP /híkteˀk/.]
wáƛ̓uks
Homosexual.
wáčuk
Be quiet. wáčukɨnk ‘be quiet!’; iwáčukša ‘he is keeping quiet’; anamta wáčuktax̣na ‘you could be quiet for awhile!’. [NP /was´wk/.]
wáw-
Repeatedly with a blunt instrument. Distributive of wá-. wáwˀaƛ̓awi ‘beg’; wáwc̓aak ‘shoe a horse’; wáwč̓x̣ ‘chop’; wáwp̓k ‘hatch’; wáwquk ‘peg down (tepee)’; wáwq̓p ‘pound nails’; wáwšp ‘club unconscious’; wáwtɨlp ‘shake’; wáwtiwi ‘yell at, bark’; wáwtɨnwi ‘try to do’; wáwx̣twapati ‘beat off’; wáwx̣ƛ̓k ‘chop into pieces’. [NP /wew-/.]