942 terms start with “w

wiyáq̓ʷyɨmn

Go along the side of the mountain.

wiyásklik

Circle, take around, turn around (as they do in the longhouse). iwiyásklikša níitpa ‘he is turning around in the house’; iwiyásklikša níitna ‘he is going around the house’; iwiyásklikša wáašna ‘he is circling the sacred ground’; wiyásklikɨnk ‘turn around!’; nɨwítkan wiyásklikɨnk ‘turn toward the right!’; waqacálkan wiyásklikɨnk ‘turn toward the left!’; ku iwiyásklika ku iq̓ínuna ‘and he turned around and saw’; áw iwiyásklikɨn án ‘the year has turned around now (said at the winter solstice)’; kuna wiyásklikayiša paanáy wáwnakʷšaš ‘and we are taking his body around’; pináwaawiyasklikɨnk ‘twirl around!’. [NE wiyásclik; NP /wyécklyk/.]

wiyásklikt

Turning, turn, path of the sun through the sky, day.

wiyasɨnwiłá

Spokesman for a group.

wiyášap

Definition:

Carry along.


Example:

  1. ku pawiyášapša tún paamiláyk̓ay nč̓útaš útpas ‘and they are packing along some quilt blankets for themselves’.

See more:

[NP /wyeˀsép/.]

wiyášapni

Origin:

wiyá- (while going along, along the way.) + šápni (to ask)


Definition:

To ask along the way.


Example:

  1. łmámanɨmnaš iwiyášapnišana ‘an old lady was asking me as we went’.

See more:

[NP /wyésepn̓i/.]

wíyat

Far. áx̣ʷaynam wá wíyat ‘you are still far’; ača kú iwačá wíyat náktux̣t čáan ‘because it was a long way to bring back here’; ku kʷɨ́nki tanánma pawšánana maykwíyat ‘and because of that the people moved further away’; čáw wíyat ƛ̓áax̣ʷ pawá káatnam ‘almost all are tall’; sɨ́kni iwá čáw wíyat kúušx̣i kíilawitpa ana kúuš sawítk ‘yellow bell is almost the same in taste as the Indian carrot’; wíyatkan ‘far away’; wiyatníin ‘too far’; pawíyat ‘far apart’; wíyat tiičám ‘far country’; wíyat wát̓uy ‘far ahead’; čáw wíyat ‘almost’; wíyat̓iš ‘for a long time’. [NP /wy̓at/.]

wiyátamawaaluuk

Toss up in the air while walking along.

wiyátamawilaalakʷ

Origin:

wiyá– (while going along, along the way) + tamá– (throwing, tossing, putting, placing; lying down) + wilá– (running) + álakʷ(to throw back, rid, abolish, destroy)


Definition:

To leave by tossing out on the way, litter (as from a car window).


Example:

  1. áh čáw áx̣ʷay pawiyátamawilaalakʷayiša tímaš, é? ‘oh they haven’t yet gone along to throw the paper out for (them/us), no?’.

wiyátamčanwi

Drop down on the way. ku panákwinama tkʷátatna waynałáki ku patáwyatamčanwix̣ana tkʷátatna ‘and they brought the food by airplane and they would drop the food down as they went’; itx̣áwiyatamčanwix̣ana ana mɨná ‘it would drop down along the way wherever’.

wiyáštk

Tangle. iwiyáštkša tamastkáwas ‘he is tangling up his rope’; kunam pawiyáštkta ‘and they will tangle you up’; ku kʷná pakúuk áw iwiyáštkayix̣a šína wánpaš ku papayúwix̣a ‘and there sometimes now it [taking children to the medicine dance] tangles up someone’s song and they keep getting sick’.

wiyátk̓in

Watch on the way. wiyátk̓ink anam mɨná watíkša ‘watch where you are stepping!’. [NP /wyátk̓yn/.]

wiyátkʷata

Eat on the way, eat on the run. wiyátkʷatašanaaš ‘I was eating on the way’; náwiyatkʷata ‘eat on the way while talking’. [NP /wyéhp/.]

wiyátkʷatat

Fast food.

wiyátk̓ʷk

Go along in a straight line, be straight up, be noon. iwiyátk̓ukša ‘it is getting to be noon’; iwiyátk̓ukɨn áw ‘it’s noon now’; ku áwiyatk̓uka sc̓atmí ‘and it was midnight’; šapáwiyatk̓uk ‘straighten, straighten out’. [NP /p̓´qn/ ‘be in the middle (day, night, river), be noon’.]

wiyátk̓ʷkt

Noon, twelve o’clock. áw iwá wiyátk̓ukt ‘it is noon now’; áw inkníša c̓áa wiyátk̓ʷktyaw ‘it is getting close to noon’; watx̣ɨ́n pawiyánawita wiyátk̓uktpa ‘will they arrive at noon?’; wiyátk̓uktnaq̓it ‘afternoon’. [NP p̓éqin /p̓´qn-t/.]

wiyátk̓ʷktnaq̓it

Afternoon. pák̓u áwača čáx̣ɨlpi náptipa nɨknípa wiyátk̓uktnaq̓itpa ‘their meeting was opened at two o’clock in the afternoon’. [NP /hal´x̣p/.]

wiyátunapt̓a

Kick along, play socker. pawáyx̣tiša pawiyátunapt̓aša k̓píitna ‘they are running kicking the ball, they’re playing socker’.

wiyátunx̣i

Change. ƛ̓áax̣ʷna čikúuk wiyátunx̣iša naamí wiyáx̣ayx̣t ‘today all our lives are changing’. [NP /wiyátklyn/.]

wiyátunx̣it

Change. wiyátunx̣it ku náx̣ašwit ‘change and challenge’. [NP wiyáatkalayn /wiyátklyn/.]