Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon). See also šáx̣šax̣. [NW t̓úlulx̣ʷ; NP /t̓ululxʷ/.]
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wášat̓uyi
Ride for the first time, break a horse. iwášat̓uyiša k̓úsi ‘he is breaking his horse’.
wáaƛ̓x̣ʷ
Run out, be depleted. wáaƛ̓x̣ʷšana čúuš ‘we are running out of water’; iwáaƛ̓x̣ʷɨn tkʷátat ‘the food has run out’; áwnaš wáaƛ̓x̣ʷša ‘my time is running out’. [NP /wayalaˀámk/.]
wáaw
Mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus. wáaw iláˀayčɨnx̣a ana kúuš k̓usik̓úsi ‘mountain goats sit on their haunches like a dog’. Also called c̓ax̣íšx̣iš. Jacobs 1937:10.2.3, pg. 16 [RC wawyá; NP /c̓ax̣ísx̣is/.]
wáawa
Be paused, stay awhile. áwš čná wáawata mɨ́ł łk̓ʷí ‘I shall stay here a few days now’.
wáawayč
Run across. čáwnam mún áwaawayčtax̣na kʷaaná wáašna ‘you can never run across that sacred ground’. [K wayáwayk (Jacobs 1931:169); NP /weyewéyik/.]
wášawiit
Rapids. wášawiitpanam átamaluuta sapáx̣aluut̓as ‘put your basket trap in the water at the rapids’.
wáawiyatkʷata
Stop to eat on the way. wáawiyatkʷatašanaaš páx̣atipa nɨknípa ‘I was stopping to eat at five o’clock’.
wáawšx̣
Stop running.
wáawx̣i
Stick presented from the man’s side at the wedding trade to be redeemed as a horse or cow; goods traded on the man’s side at the wedding trade. ana kʷaaná patáwaničɨnx̣ana wáawx̣i ‘that which they used to call the waawxi‘.
wáawx̣in
Trade on the man’s side at the wedding trade; give a stick from the man’s side at the wedding trade to be redeemed as a horse or cow. páwaawx̣iša ‘he is giving her the token’; páwaawx̣ina k̓úsi tílaakina ‘he brought her a horse (in which case the woman’s side is obligated to make the horse a beaded outfit)’; wáawx̣ini ‘(the goods) laid down’. [Y wíiwx̣in.]
wáawx̣it
Goods traded on the man’s side at the wedding trade. [Y wíiwx̣iš; wíiwx̣it ‘dowry ceremony’.]
wáax̣aap
Drive under a viaduct, go into a cave or tunnel. páx̣amnam wáax̣aapɨnx̣a wanapáyn Lylepa ‘you drive through a tunnel five times along the river at Lyle’. [Y wíix̣aap.]
wáax̣ɨlp
Fly open. iwáax̣ɨlpa pčɨ́š ‘the door flew open’. [NP /wayax̣´lp/.]
wáax̣ʷaami
Run uphill, ascend, fly up. kuna wáax̣ʷaamiša áw kʷná náx̣špa łk̓ʷípa ‘and we run up there now in one day’. [NW wíiłtx̣; NP /wayaláhsa/.]
wáax̣ʷiiłn
Slip, skid. wáax̣ʷiiłtax̣nanam ‘you could slip’; pawáax̣ʷiiłka ɨščɨ́tkni ‘they slid off the road’. [NE wáax̣ʷiˀiłn; NP /weyex̣ʷ´sk/; /x̣ʷysn/.]
wáax̣ʷɨšk
Stretch. iwáax̣ʷɨškša ‘it is stretching’.
wáax̣ʷłk
Be untied. áwaax̣ʷłka nɨkáštkt ‘the knot came untied’.
wáayawi
Be in need, be poor, be in poverty. iwáayawiša x̣ax̣aykʷmí ‘he is in need of money’. [NP /hiw̓ítwe/.]
wáayawit
Need, poverty, destitution, hard times. ƛ̓áax̣ʷ šín čikúuk iwaqítša kútkutna ača iwá wáayawit ‘everybody today is looking for work because there is hard times’. [NP /hiw̓ítwet/.]